A Biography (1988); published as King Charles III in US The Last Paragraph. The Journalism of David Blundy (1990, editor) Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player (1990) The Queen Mother: A 90th Birthday Tribute (1990) A Princely Marriage: Charles & Diana, the First Ten Years (1991) Behind The Oscar: The Secret History of the Academy Awards (1993) H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother In Private (1993) The Tarnished Crown (1993), Viking Publishers, . Tchaikovsky (1995) Diana: Her Life and Legacy (1997) Charles at Fifty (1998) William Shakespeare: His Life and Work (1999) Liber Amicorum for Frank Kermode (1999, editor with Ursula Owen) The Mind Has Mountains: a.alvarez@lxx (1999, editor with Frank Kermode) The Drama of Love, Life and Death in Shakespeare (2000) Shakespeare: An Illustrated Biography (2002) The Wit in the Dungeon (2005), biography of Leigh Hunt All In: Texas Hold'em as Played on Late-Night TV (2005) Lorenzo Da Ponte, The Man Who Wrote Mozart (2006) Olivier (2007, Max Press) Bigger Deal: A Year on the New Poker Circuit (2007) Holden on Hold'Em (2008) Poems That Make Grown Men Cry (2014, editor with Ben Holden) Poems That Make Grown Women Cry (2016, editor with Ben Holden) He Played For His Wife and other stories (2017, editor with Natalie Galustian) Based on a True Story: A Writer's Life (2021) References External links Holden's articles for The Observer Holden discusses his biography of Shakespeare with Charlie Rose (originally broadcast July 31, 2000) Shakespeare North 1947 births Living people Alumni of Merton College, Oxford British biographers British male journalists British republicans English poker players British gambling writers Contestants on University Challenge British social commentators Game players from Merseyside People from Southport Male biographers Tchaikovsky scholars Shakespearean scholars People educated at Oundle School