{"product_id":"9780008340032","title":"One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Brown, Craig, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 18\/03\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 656 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Fourth Estate Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Rock \u0026amp; Pop music, Biography: arts \u0026amp; entertainment, Specific bands \u0026amp; groups\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008340032\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eWinner of the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the award-winning author of Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinating, hilarious, kaleidoscopic biography of the Fab Four. John Updike compared them to 'the sun coming out on an Easter morning'. Bob Dylan introduced them to drugs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Duchess of Windsor adored them. Noel Coward despised them. JRR Tolkien snubbed them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Rolling Stones copied them. Loenard Bernstein admired them. Muhammad Ali called them 'little sissies'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuccessive Prime Ministers sucked up to them. No one has remained unaffected by the music of The Beatles. As Queen Elizabeth II observed on her golden wedding anniversary, 'Think what we would have missed if we had never heard The Beatles.' One Two Three Four traces the chance fusion of the four key elements that made up The Beatles: fire (John), water (Paul), air (George) and earth (Ringo).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt also tells the bizarre and often unfortunate tales of the disparate and colourful people within their orbit, among them Fred Lennon, Yoko Ono, the Maharishi, Aunt Mimi, Helen Shapiro, the con artist Magic Alex, Phil Spector, their psychedelic dentist John Riley and their failed nemesis, Det Sgt Norman Pilcher. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the bestselling author of Ma'am Darling comes a kaleidoscopic mixture of history, etymology, diaries, autobiography, fan letters, essays, parallel lives, party lists, charts, interviews, announcements and stories. One Two Three Four joyfully echoes the frenetic hurly-burly of an era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39749360353433,"sku":"9780008340032","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780008340032.jpg?v=1617984360","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780008340032","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}