WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS, 9780008705862
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The Beatles’ untold story: ambition, power, love, and a little help.
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WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS

the beatles changed the world. but who changed theirs?

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  • Hardcover

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    30 September 2025

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Summary

With a Little Help: The Untold Story of the Beatles’ Inner Circle

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-mad…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008705862
ISBN-10:0008705860
Author:Stuart Maconie
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperNorth
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:30 September 2025
Weight:270g
Dimensions:240mm x 159mm x 23mm
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PRAISE FOR STUART’S WRITING

‘Maconie is a funny, astute writer, alert to the absurd’ Sunday Times Book of the Week

‘Observant and witty’ The Times

‘As funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell’ Observer

‘The best thing to come out of Wigan since the A58 to Bolton’ Peter Kay

‘A fine writer: sharp, funny, tender and thoughtful’ Spectator

‘Maconie’s engaging, conversational prose is full of telling detail, jokes and deft quotation’ Telegraph

About The Author

Stuart Maconie

Stuart Maconie is a writer, broadcaster and journalist familiar to millions from his work in print, on radio and on TV. His previous bestsellers have included Cider with Roadies, Pies and Prejudice and Adventures on the High Teas. He hosts a show for BBC Radio 6 Music (with Mark Radcliffe) every weekend morning between 8 and 11am. Based in Birmingham and Manchester, he can also often be spotted on top of a mountain in the Lake District with a Thermos flask and individual pork pie. He is a champion ice skater and once shared a van with Napalm Death.

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