"Eric Burns's book provides a fascinating chronology of the politics of fame from the American founder fathers to the present day. The volume includes many interesting anecdotes upon this important topic."

Mark Wheeler, London Metropolitan University and author of Celebrity Politics

«In this incendiary cultural commentary on the place of fame in politics, Burns’ links what he sees as a decline in educational standards with the “false intimacy” of celebrity.  He describes a political environment in which the political classes pander to the “wisdom” of an electorate starved of genuine intelligence.  Burns’ book will inspire and infuriate in equal measure, but as a warning against the influence of fame contemporary, it is unmissable.»

Michael Higgins, Senior Lecturer, Director of MLitt in Media and Communication at the University of Strathclyd