'A highly readable work... Niven emerges as gallant and gracious.' Chicago Tribune

Sheridan Morley wrote this biography of the consummate on-screen English gentleman after speaking to over 150 of Niven's friends and colleagues (only Rex Harrison refused). The result is a picture which both supports and contradicts the charming vagabond persona depicted in Niven's own bestselling memoirs.

While millions throughout his life were enchanted by Niven's happy-go-lucky charisma and world-class anecdotage, he was in many respects a private figure, haunted by a fear of failure, and a victim of several key tragedies in his personal life. Morley's biography is a warm, appreciative but perceptive account which captures both sides of one of Hollywood's most enduringly lovable figures.

'A compassionate account that goes past the blithe persona... yet, there is much humor -- the actor's and his biographer's -- in this notable book' Publishers Weekly

'Head and shoulders above the average showbiz biography... He understands many of Niven's deeper feelings' John Mortimer, Sunday Times

'A well-told story... the darker side as well as the mask of a complex and perhaps desperate character. He was a life-enhancer off-screen as well as on' The Times

'Shrewd and pleasing; shows how dark Niven's moon could be' Alexander Walker, Evening Standard

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• Publication Date: September 5, 2016
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