When actress Eleanor Bron touched down at Heathrow with the Beatles, she thought that a flock of starlings had alighted on the roof of the terminal-only to discover that the birds were in fact young women screaming at the top of their lungs. Who better, then, to capture the Beatles phenomenon than Craig Brown-the inimitable author of Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret and master chronicler of the foibles and foppishness of British high society? This wide-ranging portrait of the four lads from Liverpool rivals the unique spectacle of the band itself by delving into a vast catalog of heretofore unexamined lore. When they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, fresh off the plane from England, they provoked an epidemic of hoarse-throated fandom that continues to this day. Their influence extends far beyond music and into realms as diverse as fashion and fine art, sexual politics and religion. Though fifty years have passed since the breakup of the Beatles, the fab four continue to occupy an utterly unique place in popular culture. "If you want to know what it was like to live those extraordinary Beatles years in real time, read this book." -Alan Johnson, The Spectator TolkienĪ distinctive portrait of the Fab Four by one of the sharpest and wittiest writers of our time Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C.Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games
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