{"product_id":"the-life-and-death-of-peter-sellers-paperback-1","title":"The Life and Death of Peter Sellers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A fascinating, tragic and instructive story, vividly told' Sunday Telegraph \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Roger 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 But 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 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PRAISE FOR THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS \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' Sunday Times \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Reinventing the genre as well as reassessing its subject with formidable intelligence, this book is a remarkable achievement' Literary Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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, Peter Sellers and the \u003ci\u003eCarry On\u003c\/i\u003e actor Charles Hawtrey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56367976546609,"sku":"9781529444025","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/JAlUGUUPvm9781529444025.webp?v=1789779091","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/the-life-and-death-of-peter-sellers-paperback-1","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}