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

by Greg Jenner

Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating, and outraging us for much longer than we might realise. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry sent female fans into an erotic frenzy; or the cheetah-owning, coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actress Sarah B

Publisher

Orion Publishing Group, Limited

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

352

ISBN

9781780225661