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The Life And Lies Of Charles Dickens by Helena Kelly – Dickens revised in new biography

Posted: December 17, 2023 at 9:23 pm   /   Books

We all know the story of Charles Dickens – the man who created some of the great characters in English literature. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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A sizzling new biography of Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor and her husband now out

Posted: October 24, 2023 at 10:23 pm   /   Books

EXCLUSIVE: Commercial and critical disasters, and quite forgotten by almost everyone, the films made by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the sixties and seventies enshrined the glare and noise of two of Hollywood’s biggest stars in all their egotistical pomp. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Queen Elizabeth’s official biography in jeopardy over fears her diaries will be destroyed

Posted: October 20, 2023 at 10:13 am   /   Entertainment

One of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s closest royal aides has been entrusted with sorting through her royal papers, but an expert fears the documents may never see the light of day. Daily Express :: News Feed

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Elvis Presley’s ex-girlfriend Ann-Margret refused to be a part of ‘disgusting’ biography

Posted: January 5, 2023 at 9:18 am   /   Music

Ann-Margret said the Elvis Presley book painted the star in a negative light. Daily Express :: Music Feed

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The Chief review: A biography of Britain’s greatest press baron

Posted: August 21, 2022 at 10:23 pm   /   Books

More than 20 years ago, American historian David Nasaw wrote a biography of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst which he called The Chief. Now English historian Andrew Roberts has written the story of Hearst’s almost exact contemporary Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe and has also called it The Chief. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Biography reveals how Roald Dahl’s lifelong belief in magic helped him survive loss

Posted: August 2, 2022 at 10:23 am   /   Books

SENT away to boarding school after the death of his father, and often caned, Roald Dahl remembered his schooldays as a ‘black tunnel at the end of which there glimmered a small bright light’. And that little glow of happiness was chocolate. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Official biography of ‘incomparable entertainer’ Victoria Wood

Posted: December 17, 2021 at 9:23 am   /   Books

FIVE years after the incomparable entertainer’s death at just 62, her official biographer has unearthed a treasure trove of wonderful unseen jokes, sketches and photographs. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Joan Rhodes’ biography tells the tumultuous tale of An Iron Girl In A Velvet Glove

Posted: November 14, 2021 at 9:23 pm   /   Books

THE unbelievable story of how determined Joan escaped destitution and entranced a generation. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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John Bercow: Anti-Brexit Speaker’s behind-the-scenes CLASHES exposed in new biography

Posted: April 13, 2020 at 10:24 am   /   Books

JOHN BERCOW, the anti-Brexit former Speaker, has seen his alleged behind-the-scenes rows exposed in a new biography. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Caroline Flack biography: Brand new book to get urgent release after presenter’s death

Posted: February 17, 2020 at 9:24 pm   /   Books

CAROLINE FLACK’S new biography is set for an early release following her unexpected death at the weekend. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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