Kenneth S. Lynn Libri

When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life. Includes a brief biography of the author.

With his trademark bowler hat, baggy trousers, and impertinent mustache, the Little Tramp dazzled audiences and catapulted Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) to an incendiary degree of fame and international iconography. This astute biography of Chaplin’s life and times delves into his childhood, career, and often controversial relationships with four wives and a slew of mistresses to illuminate his elusive genius and cinematic output, as well as his sometimes reprehensible personal behavior.

Werner Schmitz ist seit 1981 als Übersetzer tätig, u. a. von Malcolm Lowry, John le Carré, Ernest Hemingway, Philip Roth und Paul Auster. 2011 erhielt er den Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt-Preis. Er lebt in der Lüneburger Heide.