Holden, Anthony 1947-

Laurence Olivier by Anthony Holden ( Book )
8 editions published between 1988 and 1992 in English and held by 1,084 libraries worldwide
In this detailed portrait of the acclaimed British actor, the author describes Olivier's humble beginnings and his struggle to achieve theatrical glory. Holden believes that, while Olivier thrived as a famous, exalted figure, he lost his true self to the image he portrayed to the public.

William Shakespeare : the man behind the genius : a biography by Anthony Holden ( Book )
3 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and held by 1,060 libraries worldwide
Re-creates the colorful and dramatic life of William Shakespeare, detailing the youth, marriage, and theatrical career of the legendary bard.

Tchaikovsky : a biography by Anthony Holden ( Book )
18 editions published between 1994 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 969 libraries worldwide
Biography of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, discussing his music, his childhood and devotion to his family, his homosexuality and short-lived marriage, and the mystery surrounding his early death at the age of fifty-three.

William Shakespeare his life and work by Anthony Holden ( Recording )
13 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in English and Finnish and held by 908 libraries worldwide
This biography of the most celebrated writer in history tracks Shakespeare's life from his youth in the Warwickshire countryside (before his seven-year "disappearance") to his life in London as an apprentice actor, his return to Stratford as a prosperous "gentleman" and his death at age 52.

Prince Charles by Anthony Holden ( Book )
4 editions published between 1979 and 1983 in English and Undetermined and held by 892 libraries worldwide
A biography of the current Prince of Wales, the heir to the British throne.

Charles at fifty by Anthony Holden ( Book )
4 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 877 libraries worldwide

Behind the Oscar : the secret history of the Academy Awards by Anthony Holden ( Book )
10 editions published between 1992 and 1994 in English and held by 871 libraries worldwide
Simple hype? Is that really all there is behind the Oscar? Just a lot of propaganda, a frenzied ritual of self-promotion, a debasement of character and culture - and for what? A shiny statuette of a naked and featureless little man? Well, yes, maybe "hype" is a major part of the whole affair, but "simple"...? Not by a long shot. Every year, on the last Monday in March, the reigning royalty of the movie business dress up in their finest feathers - sometimes literally - to.

The tarnished crown : Princess Diana and the House of Windsor by Anthony Holden ( Book )
2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 767 libraries worldwide
Holden traces the collapse of the "family" monarchy; the true extent of the Queen's wealth; the changing associations between Crown, Church, and Parliament; and the failure of four royal marriages.

King Charles III : a biography by Anthony Holden ( Book )
3 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 757 libraries worldwide
Almost a decade ago, when Anthony Holden wrote Charles, Prince of Wales, it was immediately haeled ad the definitive work on its subject. Now, as the Prince turns forty, Holden has has produced a completely new work, as intimate and incisive as the first, but updated to reflect the man that Charles has become.

The wit in the dungeon : the remarkable life of Leigh Hunt--poet, revolutionary, and the last of the romantics by Anthony Holden ( Book )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 547 libraries worldwide
Holden's narrative brings to life a pivotal moment in literary and political history--the world of England in the first half of the 19th century and the transition from the Romantics to the Victorians. A tirelessly prolific poet, essayist, editor, and critic, Hunt was the beating heart of a Romantic literary circle, an intimate of Keats and Shelley, Byron, Hazlitt, and Lamb. While campaigning fearlessly for political reform, he invented theater criticism as we know it and launched the careers of numerous poets whose names now overshadow his own. But he survived most of his youthful companions to become an elder statesman of Victorian literature, the friend and champion of Thackeray, Tennyson, Browning, and Dickens.--From publisher description.