{"product_id":"telling-some-tales-1","title":"Telling Some Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe candid, wryly funny and emotional autobiography of one of the UK’s most respected actresses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna remembers how family life was never easy: Raymond Massey fled the roost for the United States when Anna was little, and re-married. Her mother, Adrianne, was a marvellous hostess who filled the house with an exotic mixture of guests, but it was Nanny who supplied the crucial emotional support, and who remained with Anna until her death. Her first marriage was to Jeremy Brett, most famous for his elegant depiction of Sherlock Holmes for television. They had a son, David, together but the marriage ended in divorce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her stage debut in The Reluctant Debutante to her performance in Michael Powell’s notorious film Peeping Tom, Anna Massey tells the story of her remarkable career, peppering it with a whole host of extraordinary, often highly eccentric characters, and includes encounters with theatrical knights Olivier, Richardson, Redgrave and Gielgud, and Noel Coward takes more than one bow. Great friendships are formed with fellow actors like Alan Rickman, Alec McCowen, Dame Judi Dench, and playwright David Hare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn spite of all the inevitable vicissitudes and upsets, Telling Some Tales ends up as a story of personal happiness, achieved without makeup lighting or script, about a life intensely lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hutchinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780091796457\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Massey, Anna","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.05","offer_id":48012279414961,"sku":"SB-0091796458-C4","price":1.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0091796458.jpg?v=1791507701","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/telling-some-tales-1","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}