Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen (Paperback)

'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' - The Guardian

'[An] engaging and well-researched book... Jenner brings his material to vivid life' - Observer

'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of why, where and how fame strikes. Sit back and enjoy the ride.' - Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads

'With characteristic wit and curiosity, Jenner reveals the glamour and graft of celebrity lives in this rich, entertaining and original history.' - Dr Hannah Greig

'A magical mystery tour through the history of celebrity - eye opening, provocative, triumphant. Greg Jenner is a suave and generous guide to the glittering, glamorous, often deadly world of celebrity. Dead Famous takes you deep into fabulous lives, tells all about price you pay for fame and explores why the world in which we live needs to make a few shining people into icons who thrill us, obsess us and then, finally, we want to tear apart.' - Kate Williams

'This is a lively look at history's great and gawped at - and how they reshaped the world around them.' - History Revealed

'There is an enjoyably wide range of cultural references... plenty of half-forgotten quirky treasures' - Spectator

'Jenner is an engaging tour guide who smuggles some thought-provoking points about our culture into his zippy pen-portraits.' - Mail on Sunday

'As a tour guide through centuries of celebrity culture, Jenner acts as a kind of Oscar Wilde figure, dispensing wisdom and wit in equal measure, producing a fiendishly enjoyable and thoroughly engaging look at other people's lives.' - Irish Times

'Rollicking' - Daily Mail