Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen

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Greg Jenner is a suave and generous guide to the glittering, glamorous, often deadly world of celebrity.

I am happy to personally sign and dedicate books by sending out adhesive bookplates to stick in the front of your copy. Jenner is an engaging tour guide who smuggles some thought-provoking points about our culture into his zippy pen-portraits.Everybody knows that Elizabeth I had lots of admirers, refused to marry and that her army beat the Spanish Armada. 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. Meet the Georgian literary forger William-Henry Ireland, who claimed to have discovered a trunkful of Shakespearean manuscripts, complete with a new play, Vortigern and Rowena. Greg is also the author of YOU ARE HISTORY (2022), a fun and surprising children's books exploring the history of the world through 50 objects a child might use everyday. com with your name, address, who the dedication is for and a short bespoke message (if you want a specific message).

He is especially good on the economics of fame, that increasingly elaborate, corrupt capitalist machine in which individual celebrities are but small whirring cogs, trying to grab their own share of the profits before their time is up.About the Author: Greg Jenner is a public historian best known as the host of the hit BBC podcasts You're Dead To Me and Homeschool History, his work on BBC's multi-award winning TV series Horrible Histories, and for his books Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity, From Bronze Age To Silver Screen and A Million Years In A Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From The Stone Age To The Phone Age.