Few people knew that Freddie Mercury kept a diary. When he died in 1991, he left behind seventeen handwritten notebooks chronicling his life and times, which he had begun to write in 1976 when Queen were at the height of their global fame. His final entry was made just weeks before his death.
Only four of his nearest and dearest ever knew what became of those diaries. To one of them, Freddie secretly entrusted the collection just before he died. A mind-blowing read, they constitute the closest thing to a Freddie Mercury autobiography that the world will ever know.
In 2021, this trusted individual approached the author, offering something unprecedented: complete and unrestricted access to the artists most intimate confessions. For three and a half years, Lesley-Ann Jones has immersed herself in Freddies personal revelations, crafting a narrative that will overturn everything we thought we knew about him and his legacy.
Love, Freddie shares shocking secrets from Freddies childhood, lifts the lid on his deepest fears and most passionate desires, explores the inspiration behind his songwriting, revisits his closest relationships and reveals the love of his life. Here, once and for all, is Freddie Mercurys true story.
Reviews
HERO: David Bowie
'A personal friendship in writing an endearing and powerful tale.' * Variety * Fly Away Paul: How McCartney survived the Beatles, found his Wings and became a solo superstar
'Written unashamedly from a female perspective and with the vividness of a novel. An extraordinarily brilliant book.' -- Simon Napier-Bell Songbird: An intimate portrait of Fleetwood Macs Christine McVie
'LAJ remains the one writer who does this stuff with wit and accuracy.' -- Andrew Loog Oldham
Lesley-Ann Jones is an acclaimed biographer, novelist, broadcaster and keynote speaker. She honed her craft on Fleet Street, as a newspaper journalist. She is the bestselling author of Bohemian Rhapsody: The Definitive Biography of Freddie Mercury, Hero: David Bowie, Who Killed John Lennon: The Lives, Loves and Death of the Greatest Rock Star; The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones, and Fly Away Paul: How McCartney survived the Beatles, found his Wings and became a solo superstar. A childhood friend of David Bowie, Lesley-Ann has interviewed many of the worlds best-loved artists, including Paul McCartney, Madonna and Prince, often forming lifelong friendships with her subjects. She is published in thirty languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.
