{"product_id":"9781399635318","title":"The Colonel and the King : Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and the Partnership that Rocked the World","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Guralnick, Peter \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMusic\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 April 2026 by Orion Publishing Co (White Rabbit) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 624 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 199 x 44 | 462g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINCLUDED IN TIME'S 100 MUST READ BOOKS OF 2025The concluding volume of Peter Guralnick's critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biographies'Guralnick knows the intricacies of this story more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethan anyone, except perhaps the Colonel and Presley themselves' GUARDIANIn early 1955, Colonel Tom Parker discovered a teenage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElvis Presley and declared him destined for greatness. What followed was one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the most extraordinary partnerships in music history and the creation of a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebond built on loyalty, ambition and an unshakeable belief in each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the meteoric rise that reshaped popular culture to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe struggles that shadowed their final years, this concluding volume of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Guralnick's acclaimed trilogy reveals the full complexity of their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erelationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on previously unpublished letters and telegrams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom Parker's own archives, it offers an intimate, unflinching portrait of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etwo American originals: the visionary manager who invented the modern superstar and the artist who became one. Brilliant, flawed and inseparable, Elvis and the Colonel changed the music world forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Guralnick's view of Parker is both clear-eyed and sympathetic, but best of all, it's persuasive' TIME'A riveting and revelatory read' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58179218473341,"sku":"9781399635318","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781399635318.jpg?v=1778955461","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9781399635318","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}