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Lord of misrule : the autobiography of Christopher Lee.
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Lord of misrule : the autobiography of Christopher Lee.

Author: Christopher Lee
Publisher: London : Orion Media, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : New edView all editions and formats
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Published for his 80th birthday, this is the autobiography of one of our most distinguished actors, Christopher Lee. It reviews his remarkable life and career which spans 60 years and culminates in  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Christopher Lee
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Christopher Lee
ISBN: 0752857703 9780752857701
OCLC Number: 52785018
Notes: Originally published as: Tall, dark and gruesome: London : W.H. Allen, 1977. Previous ed. : London : Gollancz, 1997.
Includes index.
Description: xiv, 354 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1 'It's Theer Noo!' 1 --
2 A Wind on the Heath 5 --
3 Mars and Venus 10 --
4 Two Grains of Rice 15 --
5 Ingle 20 --
6 Muscles of the Mind 27 --
7 Amphibian 32 --
8 Hot Pot 37 --
9 Stiffeners 42 --
10 Offal on the Square 46 --
11 Short Sharp Shock 50 --
12 Wagons Lee 54 --
13 Something in the City 58 --
14 Laocoon 62 --
15 Lee of Babbacombe 67 --
16 Solo at the World's End 71 --
17 Blood, Honey and Sand 77 --
18 Spy 83 --
19 Operation Plonk 88 --
20 Red Alert 93 --
21 The Old Country 98 --
22 Bangs and Whimpers 104 --
23 The 'Red Count' Moves 109 --
24 Something Rank and Gross ... 113 --
25 Having a Bash 117 --
26 Savoy Fayre 121 --
27 The Living Proof 125 --
28 Open and Shut 131 --
29 Hole in None 135 --
30 Pleasure 140 --
31 Trollsaga 145 --
32 Father Figure 151 --
33 Enter Boris 155 --
34 Swashing Machines 159 --
35 Suspended Sentence 164 --
36 Crock v. Croc 169 --
37 A Taste of Blood 173 --
38 A Matter of Form 180 --
39 Fall-out 187 --
40 The Greatest Actor 192 --
41 Gitte 196 --
42 Sweets for the Bride 201 --
43 Swiss Time 205 --
44 Christina 211 --
45 A Slight Hitch 215 --
46 Hammer and Tongs 220 --
47 Storm in a Tee-cup 225 --
48 Inhuman Bondage 230 --
49 Have Gun, Will Travel 235 --
50 The Way Ye're Hitting Them 239 --
51 Black Limelight 245 --
52 In at the Deep End 249 --
53 Guest Host 252 --
54 A Choice of Nonsense 255 --
55 Character Witness 258 --
56 Crackerjack India 262 --
57 The Longest Short Course 266 --
58 That's Showbiz--Unfortunately 269 --
59 Home Is Where the Heart Is 273 --
60 Three, and Four, and More 277 --
61 The Scaffold Is Also a Stage 280 --
62 The Italian Jobs 284 --
63 Faery Lands Forlorn 288 --
64 In Hoops of Steel 293 --
65 In Search of Vlad 299 --
66 Sweet and Sour 304 --
67 The Great Leader 309 --
68 Keeping Cool in Karachi 313 --
69 Coming Back for More 317 --
70 Filming the Unfilmable 320 --
71 Surrounded by Pixels 325 --
72 Words and Music 329 --
73 Instead of Curtain Calls 333 --
74 Spellbinder 337 --
75 Envoi: Square View 342.

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Television interviews with Christopher have been confirmed on CHANNEL 4 RICHARD & JUDY SHOW, BBC BREAKFAST NEWS, ITV THIS MORNING. Radio interviews have been confirmed on BBC RADIO 2 STEVE WRIGHT Read more...

 
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