Review
Grimaldi is once more the tragic anti-hero - to be loved and reviled in equal measure. This is a wonderful book: beautiful, heartbreaking and absolutely fascinating. --Amanda Foreman
A round of applause is due to this exuberant, impassioned portrait, for bringing the great Grimaldi into the limelight again. --Observer
As a portrait of London life in all its mutinous and anarchic variety this book would be hard to beat. --Spectator
Sad though his decline was, his story, as McConnell Stott tells it, conveys an overwhelming impression of verve and ingenuity. --Sunday Times
Grimaldi's is a story of comedy mixed with pathos, endurance and absurdity. It is exceptionally well told here.
--Daily Mail
A round of applause is due to this exuberant, impassioned portrait, for bringing the great Grimaldi into the limelight again. --Observer
As a portrait of London life in all its mutinous and anarchic variety this book would be hard to beat. --Spectator
Sad though his decline was, his story, as McConnell Stott tells it, conveys an overwhelming impression of verve and ingenuity. --Sunday Times
Grimaldi's is a story of comedy mixed with pathos, endurance and absurdity. It is exceptionally well told here.
--Daily Mail
Review
This interesting and entertaining book gives a real insight into how much professional comedy has changed over the last 250 years, and how much it hasn't changed.
