



This Much is True
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4.1 • 530 Ratings
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- £9.99
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
From Blackadder to Call the Midwife, from the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit to Harry Potter, Miriam Margolyes is the outspoken great aunt (after two sherries) we all wish we had -- this is (at last) her extraordinary life story and it's well worth the wait.
'There is no one on earth quite so wonderful' STEPHEN FRY
Award-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure.
Now, at last, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordinary life story. And it's far richer and stranger than any part she's played.
Find out how being conceived in an air-raid gave her curly hair; what pranks led to her being known as the naughtiest girl Oxford High School ever had; how she ended up posing nude for Augustus John aged 17, being sent to Coventry by Monty Python and the Goodies and swearing on University Challenge (she was the first woman to say F*** on TV). This book is packed with unforgettable stories from why Bob Monkhouse was the best (male) kiss she's ever had to being told off by the Queen. With a cast list stretching from Scorsese to Streisand, Leonardo di Caprio to Isaiah Berlin, This Much is True is as warm and honest, as full of life and surprises, as she is.
(P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Customer Reviews
Deliriously funny and incredibly raw
the audiobook was as if I had her as a dinner quest, it’s the kind of sharing that you do with your soul matching best friends. It felt like we were in our pj’s around the fire with a bottle of gin. Lovely.
This much is true
Fascinating life, beautifully written. Funny, sad and extremely honest: I loved every second of this audiobook.
Love her
Brutally honest recollections of her story. Funny, shocking, heartwarming, heartbreaking and just lovely.