{"product_id":"the-life-and-death-of-peter-sellers-9781529444025","title":"The Life and Death of Peter Sellers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA no-holds-barred biography about the greatest British comic since Charlie Chaplin from Sunday Times bestselling author Roger Lewis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fascinating, tragic and instructive story, vividly told' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoger Lewis, in his no-holds-barred biography, exposes a Peter Sellers the world little knows. Recognized as the greatest British comic since Charlie Chaplin, Sellers was the grand master of fifty-five films - from Dr. Strangelove, to Being There and the Pink Panther hits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut shadowing his phenomenal career was a history of increasingly bizarre behaviour involving psychotic violence, compulsive promiscuity, drug abuse and humiliating self-destructive obsessions with people including Princess Margaret, Sophia Loren, Liza Minnelli and each of his four wives (Ann Hayes, Britt Ekland, Miranda Quarry and Lynne Frederick). He alternately showered his wives and children with gifts and then threatened to kill them. Sellers' fluidity as an actor made for a terrifying madness that grew like a slow metastasizing cancer throughout his adult life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of Peter Sellers\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with his premature death at the age of 54, 'sick at heart and alone in those sunless hotel rooms', so recoiled from intimacy that no one really knew him anymore.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'It is a mad book - but then the subject is a madman. I love Lewis's passion ... I recommend it' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Reinventing the genre as well as reassessing its subject with formidable intelligence, this book is a remarkable achievement' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781529444025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 1024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 06 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.6(H)x12.8(L)x4.8(W)705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 705\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eRoger Lewis has achieved considerable word-of-mouth success with \u003ci\u003eSeasonal Suicide Notes\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written a biography of Anthony Burgess, and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling books on Laurence Olivier and the \u003ci\u003eCarry On\u003c\/i\u003e actor Charles Hawtrey. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eErotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e was described by Stephen Fry as: 'One of the very best biographies I have ever read'.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eEverything one could possibly want to know about Sellers is contained in this book. * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSensational . . . consistently engrossing\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail (Book of the Week) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGloriously revealing, funny and tragic\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Sellers is a gift to his new biographer's talents * Mirror *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe showbiz book of the year\u003c\/b\u003e * Christopher Bray, The Tablet *\u003cbr\u003eLewis' portrait of this most complex of figures is as \u003cb\u003efunny, maddening and enthralling\u003c\/b\u003e as its subject * Daunt Books (Five Favourite Books of the Week) *","brand":"Roger Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50735554887897,"sku":"9781529444025","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781529444025.jpg?v=1792168678","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-life-and-death-of-peter-sellers-9781529444025","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}