Which biographies have you read, and why?
Discussion
For me, that would be-
The Michael Ainger biography of Gilbert and Sullivan. Why, partly because I like the stuff they wrote together, and I found the film Topsy Turvy inspired me to buy a boxed set of DVDs of their operettas, but mainly because I am fascinated by their working relationship and the way they needed eachother in order to produce such memorable works which are still being performed all over the globe over a century later.
A biography of the Carpenters (can't remember who wrote it, but I believe it was 'official'. Again, partly because of the music, and that voice, but mainly because of the relationship and how again they each needed the other to produce such marvellous songs.
If I had ever seen it in a library, I might well have read the autobiography of Albert Pierrepoint, but I didn't so I didn't. I suspect it was more a diary of the executions he carried out than anything very illuminating, so I propbably haven't missed much.
Anybody read any biographies they would like to mention, and the reasons for so doing?
The Michael Ainger biography of Gilbert and Sullivan. Why, partly because I like the stuff they wrote together, and I found the film Topsy Turvy inspired me to buy a boxed set of DVDs of their operettas, but mainly because I am fascinated by their working relationship and the way they needed eachother in order to produce such memorable works which are still being performed all over the globe over a century later.
A biography of the Carpenters (can't remember who wrote it, but I believe it was 'official'. Again, partly because of the music, and that voice, but mainly because of the relationship and how again they each needed the other to produce such marvellous songs.
If I had ever seen it in a library, I might well have read the autobiography of Albert Pierrepoint, but I didn't so I didn't. I suspect it was more a diary of the executions he carried out than anything very illuminating, so I propbably haven't missed much.
Anybody read any biographies they would like to mention, and the reasons for so doing?
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