“The Beatles: The Days of Their Life”, by Richard Havers

 

320 pages, Chartwell Books, ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0785835042

Say, shouldn’t the title of Richard Havers’ The Beatles: The Days of Their Life in fact be “Days of Their Lives”? I certainly think so, being as that is proper English, wot. Not that it matters, for this is a typical Chartwell Book in that it is chock-full of photographs (drawn from Mirropix, the library of “The Daily Mirror”) of everyone’s favorite Lads from Liverpool and a day-by-day account of what the Fab Four were up to from their formation, through their heyday at the height of Beatlemania until their dissolution. This is by no means an in-depth or piercing biography of The Beatles, but it is a visual feast for any fan who lived through their rollicking days or wish they had done. From officially-sanctioned events like record launches or movie premiers to holidays abroad and family events, The Days of Their Life covers the LIVES of the most successful pop band ever and gives a glimpse as to what it must have been like to be a Beatle.