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This Much is True: 'There's never been a memoir so packed with eye-popping, hilarious and candid stories' DAILY MAIL
Miriam Margolyes
Biography: general, Humour
From Blackadder to Call the Midwife, from PG Tips to Harry Potter, Miriam Margolyes is Britain's favourite national treasure -- this is (at last) her extraordinary life story and it's well worth the wait.
'There is no one on earth quite so wonderful' STEPHEN FRY
BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a myriad of unforgettable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, MIRIAM MARGOLYES, OBE, is the nation's favourite (and naughtiest) treasure. Now, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordinary life story - and it's well worth the wait.
Find out how being conceived in an air-raid gave her curly hair; what pranks led to her being known as the naughtiest girl Oxford High School ever had; how she ended up posing nude for Augustus John as a teenager; why Bob Monkhouse was the best (male) kiss she's ever had; and what happened next after Warren Beatty asked 'Do you fuck?'
From declaring her love to Vanessa Redgrave to being told to be quiet by the Queen, this book is packed with brilliant, hilarious stories. With a cast list stretching from Scorsese to Streisand, a cross-dressing Leonardo di Caprio to Isaiah Berlin, This Much Is True is as warm and honest, as full of life and surprises, as its inimitable author.
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Praise for This Much is True: 'There's never been a memoir so packed with eye-popping, hilarious and candid stories' DAILY MAIL
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There's never been a memoir so packed with eye-popping, hilarious and shockingly candid stories. - DAILY MAIL
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Gleefully outspoken and bursting with hilarious anecdotes, gloriously larger than life . . . I pity every person that is not me right now, drinking in the glory of Margolyes at 80 - Observer
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Startling, thrillingly outspoken, provocative, potty-mouthed and exhilarating . . . THIS MUCH IS TRUE is never boring. Her personality is so likeable she can only leave you wanting more - Daily Telegraph
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Reads like the Wife of Bath's memoirs
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Unstoppably ebullient and rollicking - THE TIMES
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Wickedly honest . . . When I was reading this book on a train, a stranger asked if I was OK because I was crying with laughter - Guardian
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Beautifully written...interesting and hilarious... full of life and vigour... [reads] as if you're conversing with a friend
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- IRISH EXAMINER
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An irreverent, straight-talking, riotous romp through an extraordinary life - Sunday Post
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