Chaplin av David Robinson

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<p>David Robinson''s definitive and monumental biography of Charlie Chaplin, the greatest icon in the history of cinema, who lived one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told. <br><br>Chaplin''s life was marked by extraordinary contrasts: the child of London slums who became a multimillionaire; the on-screen clown who was a driven perfectionist behind the camera; the adulated star who publicly fell from grace after personal and political scandal. This engrossing and definitive work, written with full access to Chaplin''s archives, tells the whole story of a brilliant, complex man.<br><br> David Robinson is a celebrated film critic and historian who wrote for <i>The Times</i> and the <i>Financial Times</i> for several decades. His many books include World Cinema, Hollywood in the Twenties and Buster Keaton.<br><br> ''A marvellous book . . . unlikely ever to be surpassed'' <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:n