How They Met: Fateful Encounters of Famous Lovers, Rivals, Partners and Other Strange Bedfellows

How They Met: Fateful Encounters of Famous Lovers, Rivals, Partners and Other Strange Bedfellows

by JoeyGreen (Author)

Synopsis

Meet 150 of your favourite couples - from Kurt Cobain and Courteney Love to Prince Charles and Diana Spenser - and get the inside story on how they got together and what happened next, in this delightfully illustrated book for people who love people. This entertaining volume recounts the stories of all those twosomes for whom the total was much more than the sum of their parts. It is an irresistibly gossipy, yet truly insightful celebration of the icons of arts and entertainment, business, society and public life, including: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards; Bonnie & Clyde; Ben & Jerry; Napoleon & Josephine; Queen Elizabeth & Price Phillip; Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend; Marilyn Monroe & Arthur Miller; Elton John & Bernie Taupin; Nelson Mandela & Winnie Madikizela; John Lennon & Yoko Ono; John Lennon & Paul McCartney; Madonna & Guy Ritchie; Grace Kelly & Price Rainier; Romeo & Juliet; Sherlock Holmes & Doctor Watson; Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun; Ozzy Osbourne & Sharon Arden; Rodgers & Hammerstein

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Published: 04 Mar 2004

ISBN 10: 1579123279
ISBN 13: 9781579123277

Author Bio
Joey Green is the author of thirty books, including How They Met, Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose, You Know You've Reached Middle Age If..., and The Mad Scientist Handbook. A native of Miami, Florida, he is a former contributing editor to National Lampoon and a former advertising copywriter at J. Walter Thompson. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife two daughters.