Mark Blake: Is This the Real Life?: The Untold Story of Queen

Hi, I'm here because I need your help!

I've got a kid who's into music and is currently discovering The Queen thanks to one particular London Olympics opening ceremony gig. I've been trying to get the kid into reading as well; and the title of Blake's book sounds kind of engaging.

Has anybody here read this book? Is it a good read?

Thank you very much.

I have never heard of the book yo mentioned, but this one should be ok for a kid to read:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-As-Began-Jacky-Gunn/dp/0283060522/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353422152&sr=1-1

'Queen - As it began' by Jacky Gunn. Should be quite chep if you buy it used.

yh that one is full of sex
better off with as it began

Thanks for your response.

jones904 wrote:

yh that one is full of sex
better off with as it began

Oh, dear.
Certainly the kid keeps discovering R-rated stuff bit by bit, but it might be awkward to receive this from your Mamma XD

That other book, Queen - As it Begun, isn't it decent to the degree that it is, well... boring?

I read 'as it begun' way back when I was 14 years old and I did not consider it as boring.

As it began is not boring, its indepth factual and also entertaining, but isnt as "entertaining" as musical jurnal-ists celebrity scandal style, sex lies and bullshit and things best not repeated...etc.

FlorianS wrote:

I read 'as it begun' way back when I was 14 years old and I did not consider it as boring.

This is the answer I wanted to hear. Thank you!

jones904 wrote:

As it began is not boring, its indepth factual and also entertaining, but isnt as "entertaining" as musical jurnal-ists celebrity scandal style, sex lies and bullshit and things best not repeated...etc.

Nope, the kid isn’t into celeb nuisance, he’s just a Southpark fan XD
I think As it Begun will do.


I did some alternative research on Blake’s book while waiting for answers, so here’s for those who haven’t heard about this book and possibly would like to:

http://www.artcornwall.org/interviews/Mark_Blake_Queen.htm

this is a promo interview with the author, which actually sounds decent by the way, and

http://stereosubversion.com/reviews/mark-blake-is-this-the-real-life-the-untold-story-of-queen

quite a detailed review. It doesn’t say how full of sex the book really is (maybe I should buy it to find out myself but I somehow feel my life isn’t long enough to waste it on this) but it certainly sounds like a book not for a beginner.