HarperCollins bags behind-the-scenes look at the Beckhams by Tom Bowers

HarperCollins has acquired world all language rights to The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power by investigative biographer Tom Bower.  

Group managing editor Kate Elton acquired the rights from Jonathan Lloyd at Curtis Brown. HarperNonFiction publisher Adam Humphrey will oversee publication in the UK and commonwealth with Sean Desmond, v.p. and executive editor at Harper Books, managing publication in the US and Canada. The book will be published globally on 20th June 2024 in hardback, audiobook and e-book.  

“As one of the most famous and influential couples in the world, David and Victoria Beckham have attained iconic status,” HarperCollins said. “The ultimate power couple have together built a multi-billion-dollar global brand. For decades, adoring fans have been captivated by the glamorous world they have created, while their unrivalled fusion of showbiz, fashion, football and celebrity has been cultivated alongside an image of a strong marriage.” 

The publisher added: “When the much-trailed Netflix documentary ‘Beckham’ aired in 2023, viewers were offered an even more intimate insight into their private lives. Produced by the Beckhams themselves, the series raised many questions, not only about their success and personal relationship but critically about the ruthlessly successful management of their image in the media.”  

In his book, Bowler asks if the Beckhams’ lives are really as perfect as they would like the world to believe. “Through extensive research, expert sourcing and interviews with insiders, Tom Bower has unearthed a succession of revelations shedding surprising insight into the reality of ‘Brand Beckham’,” HarperCollins said.  

“Exploring the couple’s relationship, the truth about their football and fashion careers, their finances and their new life in Miami, The House of Beckham unravels the extraordinary reality of the business-savvy cultural icons to tell an engrossing, often astonishing story of money, sex and power.”  

Bower said: “When I started researching the Beckhams for the book, I was sure that an in-depth account of their lives would be a hugely entertaining and revealing read, but even I was surprised to discover such a compelling, previously untold story.”  

Humphrey said: “The Beckhams have dominated headlines, social media feeds and water-cooler conversations for more than two decades, and they remain a fascinating and enduring cultural phenomenon. The House of Beckham is a hugely compelling behind-the-scenes account of their lives and there is simply no better writer than Tom Bower to tell it.”