Henry Carter Hull

Presents a comprehensive biography of the Beatles from their early days in Liverpool to their success as the entertainment industry's most celebrated rock groups and describes their later struggles to break away from their former image and the deaths of both John Lennon and George Harrison.

"Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and, typically, was allowed to contribute only one or two songs per Beatles album out of the dozens he wrote. Now, acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman examines Harrison through the lens of his numerous self-contradictions....