Barmy Biogs: Potty Painters, Writers & other Barmy Artists
No. of pages 96
Published: 2016
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Discover all about the fascinating lives of some of the most unusual, quirky and eccentric characters in world history! Learn about the horror story writer who was afraid of the dark, find out why one famous artist paid workers to dig up a corpse, and how one of Britain's most famous authors managed to publish 80 books without writing a single word.
Peppered with Crackpot Quiz questions and Mad, Bad and Truly Sticky Endings features this book is enthralling, entertaining and educational all at the same time!
This book is part of a book series called Barmy Biogs .
There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .
Adam Sutherland works in the media industry and his interests include popular culture and the world of celebrity.
This book has the following chapters:
- 1: Rivera - Tall tales
- 2: van Gogh - Who needs ears anyway?
- 3: Byron - Animal magic
- 4: Dickens - An obsession with death
- 5: Dickinson - The writer who never left the house
- 6: Eliot - The writer who loved practical jokes
- 7: Carroll - The word inventor
- 8: Twain - The first stand-up comedian
- 9: Christie - The writer who never wrote a single word
- 10: da Vinci - The painter who was obsessed with the war
- 11: Wilde - The man who dressed as a woman
- 12: Tolkien - The writer who thought he was a Hobbit
- 13: Fitzgerald - The writer who hated his feet
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