Reading Mad Deep is a behind-the-scenes journey into the life of Alan Rickman: a look at Professor Severus Snape from Harry Potter, Hans Gruber from The Nutcracker and Colonel Brandon from Sense and Sensibility, as well as the actor, director, husband, a friend, a traveler. This is not just an image, but a real Alan Rickman, because an image always reflects other people's ideas.

He was perceived as a haughty aristocrat, and he was a staunch supporter of Labor ideals and a critic of British royalism. He was considered an actor that no woman could resist, and he was faithful to Rima Gorton for half a century.

He was not as he was imagined. But what kind? These 26 diaries, which he kept from 1993 to 2016, reveal his crazy, deep, ironic and sincere nature. Every day is not a holiday, but every day is life.

This book is intended for a wide range of readers who are interested in the biographies of prominent personalities and who love the Harry Potter film series.

Alan Rickman's diaries offer a unique insight into his life like no other source. Reading them is almost like talking to him personally. They show him as the actor, director, friend, traveler that he was behind the scenes.