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'The myth of Mercury's debauched private life is well and truly debunked by the man who was there throughout the toothsome showman's later years in this affectionate portrait...' Q
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Peter Freestone was Freddie Mercury's personal assistant for the last 12 years of his life. He lived with Mercury in London, Munich, and New York, and was with him when he died. This is the most intimate account of Mercury's life ever written.
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
FREDDIE MERCURY: THE REAL LIFE is an interesting,moving and very entertaining book. To me, the one word that describes Freddie Mercury is "unique". It seems that his dedication, determination and perfectionism towards his career, is what made him the superstar that he was. We can all learn from an example like that. His friends all agreed that he had a flamboyant personality on stage, and an almost shy, quiet personality off stage. I found this very endearing. I must say that the parts that made me laugh out loud, were some of Freddie's one-line quotes. My favorite was when he announced that his doctor had forbade him vodka because of a liver complaint, and he says, "So get me a brandy!" What a wonderful sense of humor he must have had. All in all, reading this book helped me learn more about a man I have admired for a very long time. I found this book funny, touching, informative and sad. It left me feeling joyous at what a radiant and charming man he must have been, and at the same time so sad, that we have lost such an intoxicating and sparkling star.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I wrote this because all the other reviews seemed to be about the first book and not this second book, so I thought this second book, Freddie Mercury The Afterlife, needed an actual review, so here goes: The front cover is a lovely, sweet picture of Freddie and Miko, the back cover is a portion of the final arrangements made for Freddie. I wasn't expecting to see that and it made me very sad even though I know he has been gone 16 years now. This second book takes up where the first one left off and is a description of Peter (Phoebe) Freestone's life since Freddie's passing. He talks about the various things he has been doing throughout the years. Peter mentions what the people talked about in the first book are doing as of 2003. There are some pictures I hadn't seen before within the book. Peter describes a visit he paid to Garden Lodge in 2003, where he met with Mary Austin and got to see Delilah again. He discusses some of the many books which have been written about Freddie and what he thinks of them. I only mentioned some things, the book contains much more than what I mention. David Evans speaks in it too and there's even Recipes of the different foods that would be made for Freddie.
Personally, it helped me to read this second book because it cleared up some confusion I had about some things written in the first book and too, even if it is silly on my part, it was nice to learn that Peter was okay, I had wondered since reading the first book.
Personally, it helped me to read this second book because it cleared up some confusion I had about some things written in the first book and too, even if it is silly on my part, it was nice to learn that Peter was okay, I had wondered since reading the first book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having looked about for a book that would give some insight into the life of Freddie, I chose this as my first read. Needless to say, I was somewhat disappointed. I found the first few chapters extremely hard going without any real thought or insight with lists of things he had done & places he had been. I continued to read, having been assured by a friend that it would get better. I must say, it did towards the end with some real feeling during the chapters telling of Freddies death. Shame he could not have used a little more of that feeling in the rest of the book. Chose this thinking that having such close contact with Freddie, it might show a good insight but felt that this it lacking something vital. Buy this book if you feel you can cope with the hard trawl of the first few chapters
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Rose tinted spectacles.
This book is written through rose tinted spectacles and would bore you to tears, if you want your biography to be warts and all then this is definitely not for you,more tea vicar?
Published 2 months ago by Elton John
Unbalanced and very disappointing
You would imagine that somebody who was clearly well educated, well versed in the arts, and who had experienced the finer things in life would be somewhat eloquent. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mascalzone
Adds little to the legend but an in-depth read all the same
I'm a huge Queen fan and after reading Jim Hutton's 'Mercury and Me' I couldn't wait to dig into this. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Irv Shingling
Touching story
I thought this book was great and very touching. Peter Freestone neither praises Freddie nor does he talk negatively about him. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Aura
The Afterlife book
First of all - this is NOT the book published in 2003, this is just printed for your order like a week ago thing with too white paper and too obvious printer quality printing :-(... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Svetlana Polikanova
At this pont this is the best book of FM and Q
I've read it in two days,u will enjoy this book for sure.It is not a heavy drama of a rockstar or the band,it is written I thing just as it has happened. Read more
Published on 12 May 2010 by koronja
Freddie would of approved
For all freddie fans, they would of enjoyed seeing how freddie went about his life at home and on tour and this is a very good read and i would recommend it to anybody who wants to... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2009 by Ms. R. Greenwood
Disappointed
I'm not a Queen fan but I bought this book by "glücklicher Zufall" - happy accident, after literally stumbling into Freddy's statue in Montreux Switzerland. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2008 by Saul Richman
A fake story fron fake friend
This man was officially presented as Freddie close friend. But really he is a servant who made himself famous spreading dirty stories about Freddie private life. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2007 by Mariam Akhundova
Life Behind The Keyhole.
As a card carrying member of the Queen Fan Club, circa 1977, I was really looking forward to reading this. Read more
Published on 20 April 2007 by JUDE
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