With a little help from their friends : the Beatles changed the world, but who changed theirs? / Stuart Maconie.

Manchester : HarperNorth, 2025.

356 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Everyone knows a Beatles tune. But their story goes beyond the omnipresent songs and iconic albums. Theirs is a tale that has become one of the core stories we tell about ourselves as a nation. The Beatles narrative has both shaped and reflected the country we live in today. Four lads from Liverpool have taken a seat alongside Shakespeare as one of our key cultural exports to the world, a world they changed and re-made in their own image in a blaze of creativity. But these four distinct personalities changed the world not in isolation but with more than a little help from their friends. Split into 3 sections, 'Before the Beatles', 'With the Beatles' and 'Beyond the Beatles', Maconie tells the epic tale of the people who made the band who made Britain, and along the way adds his own experiences, encounters and conversations that show the Beatles like you've never seen them before.

9780008705862 (hbk)

782.4'2166'0922
782.421660922

English

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