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This Much Is True

By: Miriam Margolyes
Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
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About this listen

From Blackadder to Call the Midwife, from the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit to Harry Potter, Miriam Margolyes is the outspoken great aunt (after two sherries) we all wish we had - this is (at last) her extraordinary life story, and it's well worth the wait.

Award-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure.

Now, at last, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordinary life story. And it's far richer and stranger than any part she's played.

Find out how being conceived in an air-raid gave her curly hair; what pranks led to her being known as the naughtiest girl Oxford High School ever had; how she ended up posing nude for Augustus John aged 17, being sent to Coventry by Monty Python and the Goodies and swearing on University Challenge (she was the first woman to say f--k on TV). This book is packed with unforgettable stories from why Bob Monkhouse was the best (male) kiss she's ever had to being told off by the queen. With a cast list stretching from Scorsese to Streisand, Leonardo di Caprio to Isaiah Berlin, This Much Is True is as warm and honest, as full of life and surprises, as she is.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Miriam Margolyes (P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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"There is no one on Earth quite so wonderful." (Stephen Fry)

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Brilliantly read by Miriam, and some interesting anecdotes but many spoilt by gratuitous sex adage and foul language. I suppose it brought out my Scots prudery - but I do feel some things are private or for the very few chosen ones.
it's a pleasant gossipy meander through her life told in a slightly conspiratorial manner - although there are a few things I'd rather not have shared.
Mellifluous voice and easy listening but just a tad too personal- in my opinion .

Great Reading performance - but....

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If you are intrigued by all you have seen and heard of Miriam over the years,this really answers all those questions that have buzzed round your head- often in astonishment. Then her answers will astonish you even more. A really full biography with no boring bits! It tests your shockability too! But overriding her audacity is her big heart and lust for life.

Did not want it to end.

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Great work, and read by one of uk best female audio voices legendary ,and may it stay that way .

a deadly treat x

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Who would ever want to read the printed version when you can enjoy Ms Margolyes perform it superbly for you? An absolute joy from start to finish.

Wonderful. Surely the Audible book of the year

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What an amazing story, by an amazing storyteller! I utterly enjoyed every second of it. Honest and with no hesitation! We need more people like that. Thank you, Miriam!

Pure joy

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