Download British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Sean Connery AudioBook Free
A whole lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most important figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees and shrubs? In Charles River Editors' English Legends series, listeners can get swept up to accelerate on the lives of Britain's most significant women and men in enough time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long ignored or never known. Perhaps no professional has had the opportunity to keep their reputation into later years as well as Sean Connery. Despite retiring in 2006, Connery remains a venerable number who continues to receive accolades for his attractive virility and status within the Hollywood elite. After all, in 1989, just shy of his 60th birthday, Connery was feted by People magazine as the Sexiest Man Alive, and in the years that adopted, Connery was awarded with even more life time achievement prizes, including being called Sexiest Man of the Hundred years by People magazine in 1999. As an professional, Connery earned an Academy Honor for his performance in The Untouchables (1989), and he has been awarded Golden World and BAFTA prizes as well. Predicated on these designations, you can sensibly place Connery one of the ranks of the most acclaimed Hollywood actors of all time, a number whose critical reputation only grew as he matured. Considering his personal acclaim as an professional, it could very well be unexpected that despite his status, the majority of the films where Connery has made an appearance are not specifically acclaimed. Indeed, scanning his filmography, visitors finds hardly any films which may have been showered with any significant prizes, and even the role that helped bring Connery to fame, the James Connection franchise, at first received a generally lukewarm critical reception.
