New Title Tuesday: Peggy in Paperback
We’re excited to announce that Peggy Mount’s first-ever biography, Everything I Ever Wanted by Andrew Ross, is now available.
This insightful and captivating account of Mount’s life and career is offered at a special discount this month only! You can now purchase the biography exclusively through our website for £10.99 plus postage (Usual price £12.99).
Peggy Mount, born in Southend-on-Sea in 1915, became a household name and an enduring icon in British entertainment. Rising from humble beginnings, she burst onto the scene with her unforgettable performance in Sailor, Beware!, the play that catapulted her to overnight stardom. Her remarkable vocal presence and fierce on-stage persona made her the go-to actress for “battle-axe” roles, a stereotype she would famously dominate throughout her career. Mount became a staple of British stage and television, with unforgettable roles in The Larkins, George and the Dragon, and You’re Only Young Twice.
Despite being best known for her fierce, no-nonsense characters, Peggy Mount was a deeply private individual who shunned media attention and rarely gave interviews. In Everything I Ever Wanted, Andrew Ross paints an intimate portrait of a complex woman, revealing the real Peggy behind her famous screen persona. While Mount was well-loved for her formidable performances, Ross’s account reveals her personal struggles, from a difficult childhood and family conflicts, to a fifty-year feud with her sister that cast a shadow over her life.
Drawing on exclusive interviews with some of Peggy’s contemporaries and collaborators, including Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Derek Jacobi, and the late Pat Coombs, the biography is filled with rich anecdotes and insights that shed light on Peggy’s exceptional talent and enduring legacy. Whether it was performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company or delighting audiences in pantomime, Peggy Mount’s career spanned more than five decades, and remarkably, she continued to work into her eighties.
This biography is more than just an exploration of Peggy Mount’s professional success; it uncovers the personal side of a woman whose screen image belied a much more nuanced, sometimes insecure, and deeply fascinating individual. As Mount once said, “I’m not a bit like my screen image,” and through Ross’s careful research and storytelling, readers are invited to discover a truly remarkable woman.
For this month only, Everything I Ever Wanted is available at the special price of £10.99 plus postage, exclusively on our website. Don’t miss this opportunity to delve into the life of one of Britain’s greatest actresses and experience the incredible story of Peggy Mount.
