Collins, Joan – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Tue, 28 May 2024 16:42:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Collins, Joan – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Behind the shoulder pads https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/behind-the-shoulder-pads-2/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=38203 ‘The stories, the gossip, the glamour! Discover it all and more’ Woman & Home
‘[A] hugely engaging and riveting memoir’ The Lady
‘Unstoppable, a veritable living legend’ Daily Mail
‘All you’d hope for from the stiletto-stamping diva’ The i paper

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‘Some stories from my amazing adventures in life I’ve only ever shared with friends… Until now!’

Dame Joan Collins has always believed one should retain some mystery in life, and hide a knowing smile behind one’s shoulder pads. Returning in dazzling form, she shares her most memorable moments from a vibrant life in the limelight. From her early years as a young star in the golden era of Hollywood to stamping her stilettos in Dynasty; from the glittering heights of Saint Tropez to the busy Oscars season, join Joan as she takes you on an incredible journey through a life well-lived!

Filled with her most spectacular stories, including with the late Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Warren Beatty, Diana, Princess of Wales and many more, Behind the Shoulder Pads is a tour-de-force of shock and delight in equal measure.

Hilarious, intimate, and completely spellbinding, Joan invites you into her life like never before, sharing the stories she only tells her closest of friends.

‘Joan Collins at her best’ 5* reader review
‘Superb read’ 5* reader review
‘So much fun’ 5* reader review

]]> Behind the shoulder pads https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/behind-the-shoulder-pads/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=35571 ‘I’m lucky to have an inexhaustible appetite for life. I’ve had many amazing adventures in Hollywood and beyond, but some stories I have only ever shared with my friends. After all, you’ve got to have a bit of mystery, so I hide a knowing smile behind my shoulder pads. Until now! So, read on for the tales I tell my friends . . .’

In her new book, Dame Joan Collins returns in dazzling form to share the most memorable moments from her eclectic and vibrant life, in and out of the limelight. Taking us on an incredible journey from her early years as a young star in the golden era of Hollywood to stamping her stilettos in Dynasty; from the glittering heights of St Tropez to the busy Oscars season in LA over the years.

Joan writes movingly about her grief and adventures with her sister Jackie, delving deeper into the ups and downs of love and relationships, and her happiness with husband Percy. Filled with a cast of household names, including the late Queen Elizabeth, Diana, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Warren Beatty, and many more, Behind the Shoulder Pads is a spectacularly entertaining tour de force bound to delight and shock in equal measures.

Hilarious, intimate and completely spellbinding, Joan invites you into her life like never before, sharing the stories she had previously reserved for her closest of friends.

]]> My Unapologetic Diaries https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/my-unapologetic-diaries-2/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=23680 ‘As brutal, withering and funny as you’d expect’ Julian Clary
‘A rollicking read, packed with wit and old-school glamour’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Fabulously entertaining, impossibly glamorous and utterly irresistible’ Piers Morgan
‘Packed with insight and fun’ Red

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A keen diarist from the age of twelve, Joan Collins is finally spilling the beans – well, nearly all of them. Taking us on a dazzling tour around the globe – from exclusive restaurants in Los Angeles to the glittering beaches of St Tropez, from dinner parties in London to galas in New York City – some of the characters you will meet in these pages include Rod Stewart, Princess Margaret, Donald Trump, Michael Caine, Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor, Rupert Everett, Roger Moore, Shirley MacLaine, Andrew Lloyd Webber and many more. Her diaries are intimate and witty, and they pull no punches, with NO apologies to anyone mentioned in them!

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‘Wonderfully rich and mesmerising’ William Boyd
‘As brutal, withering and funny as you’d expect’ Julian Clary
‘Fabulously entertaining, impossibly glamorous, and utterly irresistible’ Piers Morgan
‘A treat from start to finish’ Elizabeth Hurley

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Joan Collins has been a diarist from the age of twelve, writing enthusiastically over the years. She dictated most of these entries in real time into a mini-tape recorder at the end of the day, and now she is spilling the beans – well, nearly all of them. What you will discover was written when Joan ‘felt like it’ between 1989 and 2009. Whether it is an encounter with a superstar or a member of the Royal Family, or her keen and honest insights into other celebrities at dinner parties and events, Joan is honest and unapologetic.

Taking us on a dazzling tour around the globe – from exclusive restaurants in Los Angeles to the glittering beaches of St Tropez, from dinner parties in London to galas in New York City – some of the characters you will meet in these pages include Rod Stewart, Princess Margaret, Donald Trump, Michael Caine, Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor, Rupert Everett, Roger Moore, Shirley MacLaine, Andrew Lloyd Webber and many more. Her diaries are intimate and witty, and they pull no punches, with NO apologies to anyone mentioned in them!

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