The Beatles continue to fascinate and gain the love of many millions of people around the world 50 years after they first burst onto the world stage in 1964. This book looks at the earliest years of the band before they were famous, 1960-62. At this time they were playing in Hamburg, Germany, and had a fifth member called Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon's best friend. The book explores the relationship between them and Stuart's ill-fated romance with the Hamburg photography student Astrid Kirchherr before his untimely and tragic death in April 1962. Astrid's and Stuart's artistic talent and...