B., the great secret of Freddie Mercury
Lesley-Ann Jones, a veteran music journalist seasoned in many battles, had already published four canonical biographies of Freddie Mercury between 1997 and 2021. But when in the midst of the pandemic she received an email from a certain ‘B.’ claiming to possess the personal diaries of the Queen frontman, she had no choice but to rewrite the story to add previously unknown elements: Sexual abuse during his boarding school years, a religious faith maintained until the end, the unbreakable bond with Mary Austin, and above all, the existence of an unknown daughter, B., the same woman who sent her the email.