This affectionate and immensely readable biography charts the remarkable life of Joanna Lumley, who has been an endlessly fascinating figure for over four decades, since becoming a top model in "The Swinging Sixties". Today, she is best known for her role as Patsy in "Absolutely Fabulous" and, most recently, her championing of the Gurkhas' cause, for which she is now regarded as a national treasure. An exotic cocktail of Home Counties and Hollywood, Joanna is revered as much for her tireless campaigning for animal rights and other causes, as for her repertory of characters on stage, screen and TV. Tim Ewbank and Stafford Hildred draw on their interviews with Joanna herself, her relatives, friends and co-stars to produce this meticulously researched and revealing portrait of one of Britain's most likeable stars.

Author Biography

During a distinguished career as a Fleet Street showbusiness writer, Tim Ewbank covered assignments all over the world for several newspapers including the Daily Mail. He has also written for a wide range of magazines and worked in TV and radio. Tim comes from Kent and has two children, Emma and Oliver. Stafford Hildred is one of Britain's best-known television critics and showbusiness writers. After a long spell in Fleet Street, he worked for ITV and established the Wordstar entertainment media group. He comes from Lincolnshire and now lives in Derbyshire with his wife Janet and daughters Claire and Rebecca. Tim and Stafford have written several books together, including best-selling biographies of Rod Stewart, David Jason, John Thaw, Cliff Richard and Julie Christie.