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| Freddie Mercury - A Kind Of Magic
Year: 1991
Author: Ross Clarke
Publisher: Kingsfleet Publications
ISBN: 1-874130-01-9
Price: £8.95
Details: 110 pages, mainly pics
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The Show Must Go On
Year: 1992
Author: Rick Sky
Publisher: Fontana
ISBN: 0-00-637843-9
Price: £4.99
Details: 179 pages; This revealing biography of Freddie Mercury, one of rock music's greatest showmen, tells of the two women in his life and his desire to conceal his bisexuality in spite of having AIDS for the last five years of his life.
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This Is The Real Life
Year: 1992
Author: David Evans & David Minns
Publisher: Britannia Press
ISBN: 0-9519937-1-2
Price: £8.99
Details: 158 pages, plus 8 pages of colour & b&w photos
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| Mercury And Me
Year: 1994
Author: Jim Hutton with Tim Wapshott
Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 0-7475-1922-6
Price: £14.99
Details: 211 pages; The relationship between Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton evolved over several months in 1984 and 1985. Even when they first slept together Button had no idea who Mercury was, and when the star told him his name it meant nothing to him. Hutton worked as a barber at the Savoy Hotel and retained his job and his lodgings in Sutton, Surrey, for two years after moving in with Mercury, and then worked as his gardener. He was never fully assimilated into Mercury's jet-setting lifestyle, nor did he want to be, but from 1985 until Mercury's death in 1991 he was closer to him than anyone and knew all Mercury's closest friends: the other members of Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, Phil Collins to name a few. Ever present at the countless Sunday lunch gatherings and opulent parties, Hutton has a wealth of anecdotes about as well as a deep understanding of, Mercury's life. He also nursed Mercury through his terminal illness, often held him throughout the night in his final weeks, and was with him as he died. No one can tell the story of the last few years of Mercury's private life - the ecstasies and the agonies - more accurately or honestly than Jim Hutton.
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| Mercury - The King Of Queen
Year: 1996
Author: Laura Jackson
Publisher: Smith Gryphon
ISBN: 1-85685-111-7
Price: £16.99
Details: 212 pages; In 1996, Freddie Mercury would have been 50 years old. November 1996 also marks the fifth anniversary of his untimely and tragic death. Written by the author of "Queen & I: The Brian May Story", this biography contains previously unseen photographs of Freddie at play, supplied especially for this book by some of his closest friends. Intimate stories by those who knew him give a look at his life and times, both with and without Queen. There are exclusive interviews with Sir Tim Rice, with whom Freddie co-wrote tracks for "Barcelona", with Malcolm McLaren, Peter Stringfellow, Michael Buerk, Simon Bates, Fish, Gary Glitter, Paul Young, Zandra Rhodes, Joe Elliott, Bruce Dickinson and David Essex. Laura Jackson is the author of "Golden Stone", an investigation of the life and murder of Rolling Stone Brian Jones.
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| Mister Mercury
Year: 1998
Author: Peter Freestone
Publisher: Tusitala
ISBN: 0 9533341 0 4
Price: £20
Details: 259 pages, plus an insert of 32 pages of photos
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| Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography
Year: 1998
Author: Lesley-Ann Jones
Publisher: Coronet Books
ISBN: 0340672099
Price:
Details: 480 pages; This biography aims to deconstruct the myths surrounding Queen's lead singer and provide an intimate portrayal of Freddie's life and death. From his birthplace in Zanzibar to his final home in London, the author interviews the key people in Mercury's life.
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Bibliography → Freddie Mercury Biographies