Rick Wakeman is the world's most unusual rock star, a genius who has pushed back the barriers of electronic rock.

He has had some of the world's top orchestras perform his music, has owned eight Rolls Royces at one me, and has broken all the rules of composing and horrified his tutors at the Royal College of Music. Yet he has delighted his millions of fans.

This frank book, authorised by Wakeman himself, tells the moving tale of his larger-than-life career.