Book description
Robert Peter Williams was a sixteen-year-old selling double glazing
when he auditioned for a new boy band which became Take That. Twenty
years later he is one of the most popular entertainers Britain has ever
produced: he has recorded eight number one albums in the UK and he sold
1. 6 million tickets for his 2006 world tour in a day. The most
successful artist in the history of The Brits, Robbie was given a
Lifetime Achievement Award one day before his 36th birthday in 2010.
The UK's leading celebrity biographer Sean Smith has followed
Robbie's remarkable journey from the unpromising streets of
Stoke-on-Trent to the millionaire's playground of Beverly Hills and
discovered a vulnerable, funny, gifted and deeply complex man. Using
new research and interviews, Sean Smith reveals there is far more to
being Rob than just being Robbie Williams, superstar.
Robbie's roller coaster story will astonish you. Sean Smith's
heart-warming account of his life is the unmissable show business book
of the year.
'This comes closer than anything else I have read -
and believe me I've read quite a bit - to uncovering the man behind
the Robbie mask he has taken to wearing.'.....'It's a very enjoyable
book to read.' THE SENTINEL
'A fact-packed insight into his early
life and his career so far...Sean Smith's account is colourful,
revealing and very entertaining. It is both laugh out loud funny and
painfully moving.' THE BIG ISSUE
'In his penetrating biography
Robbie, Sean Smith does an excellent job in separating the media myth
from the man behind the microphone. Robbie is revealed as a mass of
contradictions. He is an extrovert with low self-esteem, a lad's lad
with a conscience, a womaniser who is searching for a stable
relationship. Smith brilliantly reveals the personal demons that drive
Robbie to succeed, yet at the same time threaten to bring him down.'
DAILY EXPRESS
Sean Smith is the UK's leading celebrity biographer and the author of
the number one bestseller Cheryl, the definitive biography of Cheryl
Cole, as well as bestselling books about Robbie Williams, Tulisa
Contostavlos and Kate Middleton. His books about the most famous
people of our times have been translated throughout the world. His
subjects include Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears,
Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Aniston and J. K. Rowling. The film Magic
Beyond Words: The J. K. Rowling Story was based on his biography of
the Harry Potter author. Described by the Independent as a 'fearless
chronicler', he specializes in meticulous research, going 'on the
road' to find the real person behind the star image.
