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Zusatztext He bursts onto the page and then roars through his experiences. It's very funny. Informationen zum Autor Brian Blessed grew up in Goldthorpe, Yorkshire, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His television appearances include Z Cars , Boy Dominic, I, Claudius , Cold Comfort Farm , The Little World of Don Camillo , Blackadder , My Family and Other Animals , The History of Tom Jones and Peppa Pig . His films include The Trojan Women , Flash Gordon , Henry V , Much Ado About Nothing , Hamlet , As You Like It , Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace . Brian is also an explorer and mountaineer. He became the oldest man to reach the North Magnetic Pole on foot in 1999 and to reach 28,000 feet of Everest without oxygen. He is the author of Absolute Pandemonium and lives in Surrey with his wife, Hildegard Neil. Klappentext There is no one quite like Brian Blessed. He's an actor, film star, trained undertaker, unlikely diplomat, secret romantic, martial artist and mountaineer. He's also a brilliant storyteller who will - and you must brace yourself - simply leap out of the pages at you. In Absolute Pandemonium you'll be taken on a riotous journey. Along the way Brian punches Harold Pinter, woos his beautiful wife Hildegard Neil, suffers wires strapped round his wotsits on Flash Gordon and almost causes an international incident when meeting the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Crammed with anecdotes from his illustrious career, this is a funny, warm-hearted, life-affirming, LOUD and unique memoir from a much-loved figure. 'The fans began grabbing for my shirt - which was torn off within a couple of seconds - and then it was my shorts, followed by my socks. After about a minute flat, I was lying on the football pitch stark bollock naked with what felt like twenty elephants landing on me.' 'In the end, my mother and our local doctor had to sit me down and try and persuade me that I couldn't fly and that I was actually nothing more than a simple mortal. I took no notice, of course.' A memoir from national treasure Brian Blessed. Zusammenfassung A memoir from national treasure Brian Blessed....
