In the 19th Century the idea of fame and celebrity began to develop, and the new ‘stars’ soon wrote autobiographies. Writers, politicians, philosophers and cardinals all wrote their memoires and even the circus founder P. T. Barnum cashed in. These books differed from earlier memoires as they contained accounts of the stars' childhoods rather than dealing only with their public achievements. The autobiography that we are familiar with today was beginning to take form.
Maybe everyone has an inbuilt yearning to write or maybe the famous simply cannot resist the financial incentives offered to autobiographers! Some of them are talented writers, whilst some would have done better to leave the writing to others! Whatever your views about celebrities memoires, you will find that Mark Twain, Liz Smith, Terry-Thomas, Adolf Hitler and Katie Price have each filled a book with information about themselves. Why not have a go at this quiz and test yourself on the subject of autobiographies?
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The subtitle is The Diary of a Retiring Actor
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The book was not published until after his death
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King won Wimbledon 6 times during the 1960s and 70s
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Heston wrote 6 other books including The Courage to be Free and To Be a Man: Letters to My Grandson
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This is thought to be the first book written using a typewriter
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Hitler originally wanted to call his book Viereinhalb Jahre (des Kampfes) gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit which translates into English as Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) against lies, stupidity and cowardice
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Kenneth wrote 5 other books - Acid Drops, Back Drops, I Only Have To Close My Eyes, The Kenneth Williams Diaries and The Kenneth Williams Letters
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Katie Price is the real name of Jordan the glamour model
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She also wrote a series of short stories called Jottings: Flights of Fancy
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This was the second of Thora's autobiographies. The first, Scene and Hird was written in 1976
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