--- product_id: 121714262 title: "The Beautiful Ones" price: "KSh6691" currency: KES in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/121714262-the-beautiful-ones store_origin: KE region: Kenya --- # The Beautiful Ones **Price:** KSh6691 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Beautiful Ones - **How much does it cost?** KSh6691 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.ke](https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/121714262-the-beautiful-ones) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time, in his own words—featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death NAMED ONE OF THE BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE GUARDIAN • NOMINATED FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD Prince was a musical genius, one of the most beloved, accomplished, and acclaimed musicians of our time. He was a startlingly original visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty funk paradise of “Uptown” to the mythical landscape of Purple Rain to the psychedelia of “Paisley Park.” But his most ambitious creative act was turning Prince Rogers Nelson, born in Minnesota, into Prince, one of the greatest pop stars of any era. The Beautiful Ones is the story of how Prince became Prince—a first-person account of a kid absorbing the world around him and then creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and fame that would come to define him. The book is told in four parts. The first is the memoir Prince was writing before his tragic death, pages that bring us into his childhood world through his own lyrical prose. The second part takes us through Prince’s early years as a musician, before his first album was released, via an evocative scrapbook of writing and photos. The third section shows us Prince’s evolution through candid images that go up to the cusp of his greatest achievement, which we see in the book’s fourth section: his original handwritten treatment for Purple Rain —the final stage in Prince’s self-creation, where he retells the autobiography of the first three parts as a heroic journey. The book is framed by editor Dan Piepenbring’s riveting and moving introduction about his profound collaboration with Prince in his final months—a time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique he’d so carefully cultivated—and annotations that provide context to the book’s images. This work is not just a tribute to an icon, but an original and energizing literary work in its own right, full of Prince’s ideas and vision, his voice and image—his undying gift to the world. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #26,097 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #44 in Rock Band Biographies #85 in Black & African American Biographies #493 in Memoirs (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 6,262 Reviews | ## Images ![The Beautiful Ones - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Oms965TkL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by S***Z on November 1, 2019* ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by P***S on December 16, 2019* ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by J***W on April 5, 2026* ## Frequently Bought Together - The Beautiful Ones - The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince - Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/121714262-the-beautiful-ones](https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/121714262-the-beautiful-ones) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kenya* *Store origin: KE* *Last updated: 2026-05-03*