LE JOURNAL D'ALAN RICKMAN

Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time. We know him as Harry in Love Actually. He is the icy Professor Snape in the Harry Potter saga. He made the implacable Hans Gruber iconic in Die Hard. His legendary phlegm and deep voice are instantly recognisable. He brought to his roles an intelligence and a certain mischievousness that continues to captivate audiences to this day.

But Alan Rickman was more than just an actor: his writing deals with the extraordinary as well as the ordinary, with humour, frankness, a quick wit and a loose, spontaneous pen. He takes us behind the scenes of the theatre and the cinema, the Harry Potter series, Reason and Sentiment, Galaxy Quest, The King's Gardens and many others.

From 1993 to 2015, shortly before his death, this diary offers a rich insight into the actor's public and private life. Discover Alan Rickman the great actor, but also the friend, the traveller, the fan, the director, the enthusiast - in short, the real Alan Rickman. Discover a life fully lived, through the intimate and funny prose that characterises him. Reading this diary is a bit like listening to Alan Rickman chat with a close friend.

With a foreword by Emma Thompson, the book also includes an appendix of notes from Alan Rickman's first diaries, from 1974 to 1982, when his acting career was just beginning.