Putting One's Head Above the Parapet: My Autobiography

by David Bret

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French-born David Bret is one of Britain's leading show business biographers and now dishes the dirt on himself. He speaks of his long-suffering mother and eccentric family and recalls the celebrities who became confidants: the chanteuse Barbara, Marlene Dietrich, and Dorothy Squires. He recalls other show business friends: Damia, Charles Aznavour, Charles Dumont and Serge Regianni...controversial figures Alice Sapritch, Manouche, Melina Mercouri and porn star Joey Stefano. He writes of his meetings with Peggy Lee and Greta Garbo and of his spats with Sacha Distel and Franco Zeffirelli. He reveals his friendship with Peter Sutcliffe in pre-Yorkshire Ripper days. He takes no prisoners when discussing his enemies, especially the abusive father who made his childhood a misery. He holds nothing back discussing his love affairs. Bret has been honest when sticking his head above the parapet in his best-selling books and when expressing opinions, and is unsparing when writing about himself...
  • ISBN10 1326758950
  • ISBN13 9781326758950
  • Publish Date 18 August 2016
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 19 October 2016
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Lulu.com
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 270
  • Language English