{"product_id":"9780141977508-chaplin","title":"Chaplin","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis Life And Art\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Chaplin is the greatest icon in the history of cinema, who lived one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told. Chaplin's life was marked by extraordinary contrasts: the child of London slums who became a multimillionaire; and the on-screen clown who was a driven perfectionist behind the camera. This book tells his story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Robinson's definitive and monumental biography of Charlie Chaplin, the greatest icon in the history of cinema, who lived one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChaplin's life was marked by extraordinary contrasts: the child of London slums who became a multimillionaire; the on-screen clown who was a driven perfectionist behind the camera; the adulated star who publicly fell from grace after personal and political scandal. This engrossing and definitive work, written with full access to Chaplin's archives, tells the whole story of a brilliant, complex man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Robinson is a celebrated film critic and historian who wrote for \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003efor several decades. His many books include \u003ci\u003eWorld Cinema, Hollywood in the Twenties \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBuster Keaton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A marvellous book. unlikely ever to be surpassed' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I cannot imagine how anyone could write a better book on the great complex subject. movingly entertaining, awesomely thorough and profoundly respectful' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the great cinema books; a labour of love and a splendid achievement' \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of those addictive biographies in which you start by looking in the index for items that interest you. and as dawn breaks you're reading the book from cover to cover' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942950678625,"sku":"9780141977508","price":20.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32224544.jpg?v=1737103343","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141977508-chaplin","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}