'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp
of a book.' Guardian 'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of
why, where and how fame strikes. Sit back and enjoy the ride.'
Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads '[An] engaging and
well-researched book... Jenner brings his material to vivid life'
Observer Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us
as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling,
titillating, and outraging us for much longer than we might
realise. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry
sent female fans into an erotic frenzy; or the cheetah-owning,
coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actress Sarah Bernhardt, who
launched a violent feud with her former best friend; or Edmund
Kean, the dazzling Shakespearean actor whose monstrous ego and
terrible alcoholism saw him nearly murdered by his own audience -
the list of stars whose careers burned bright before the Age of
Television is extensive and thrillingly varied. In this ambitious
history, that spans the Bronze Age to the coming of Hollywood's
Golden Age, Greg Jenner assembles a vibrant cast of over 125
actors, singers, dancers, sportspeople, freaks, demigods, ruffians,
and more, in search of celebrity's historical roots. He reveals why
celebrity burst into life in the early eighteenth century, how it
differs to ancient ideas of fame, the techniques through which it
was acquired, how it was maintained, the effect it had on public
tastes, and the psychological burden stardom could place on those
in the glaring limelight. DEAD FAMOUS is a surprising, funny, and
fascinating exploration of both a bygone age and how we came to
inhabit our modern, fame obsessed society.
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