Faithfull - Hardcover

Faithfull, Marianne; Dalton, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718136586 ISBN 13: 9780718136581

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 1994

Synopsis

Marianne Faithfull, the daughter of a professor of philology and an Austro-Hungarian baroness, was convent-educated before she turned rebel in the 1960s. At just 17-years-old, she met the Rolling Stones and their manager, Andrew Oldham, at a party. Oldham asked her two weeks later to record a song. That single, "As the Tears Go By", reached number four in the charts and heralded the beginning of a celebrated singing career. Faithfull became Mick Jagger's girlfriend and soon attained notoriety as the "girl in the fur rug" at a much-publicized drugs bust. She also became a screen actress, appearing in such films as "Girl on a Motorcyle". These memoirs tell the story behind the headlines, and details of the life and achievements that transcend Marianne Faithfull's well-known role as Mick Jagger's consort and as a symbol of the decadent 1960s. She describes her life with the Stones and her friendships with many of rock's greatest figures, such as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. She discusses with honesty her experiences as a junkie and her attempted suicides, as well as her growing will to survive and not to become the beautiful doomed character everyone perceived her to be. She was also much haunted by the drug-related deaths of her close friends, Brian Jones and Jim Morrison. In the mid-1980s, she relates how she finally kicked the habit and took up her singing career with renewed vigour, building on the success of albums like "Broken English". Her co-writer, David Dalton, is the author of "Piece of My Heart: Travels with Janis Joplin" and "Mr Mojo Risin': Jim Morrison, The Last Holy Fool".

About this title

About the Author:

Marianne Faithfull is an English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned five decades. She is known, all over the world, as the crown princess of swinging London in the 1960s and 70s, as a singer, and as an actress. She is the author of Faithfull: An Autobiography and Memories, Dreams and Reflections.

David Dalton is the founder and director of Delta Gardens in southern New Hampshire, a center for flower essence research and education. The center treats adults, children, and animals and also trains practitioners from many professional fields for the ongoing inquiry into the effects of flower essences on the body, mind, and emotions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0718136586
• ISBN 13: 9780718136581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352