Furious Love Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century |
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| Author:
| Kashner, Sam
Schoenberger, Nancy |
| ISBN: | 978-1-306-41662-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Quarto Publishing Group UK
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| Imprint: | White Lion Publishing |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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A tough Welshman, he was softened by the affections of a breathtakingly beautiful woman: she was a modern-day Cleopatra madly in love with her own Mark Antony. For quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were the king and queen of Hollywood. Yet their two marriages to each other represented much more than outlandish romance. Together, Elizabeth and Richard were a fascinating embodiment of the mores and transgressions of their time and even luminaries like...
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A tough Welshman, he was softened by the affections of a breathtakingly beautiful woman: she was a modern-day Cleopatra madly in love with her own Mark Antony. For quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were the king and queen of Hollywood.
Yet their two marriages to each other represented much more than outlandish romance. Together, Elizabeth and Richard were a fascinating embodiment of the mores and transgressions of their time and even luminaries like Jacqueline Kennedy looked to them as a barometer of the culture. The enduring glamour, grandeur, drama and bravado embodied in the couple gave rise to the type of rabid gossip and wide-eyed adoration that are the staples of todayOs media.
Using brand-new research and interviews D including unique access to Taylor herself, the Burton family, and TaylorOs extensive personal correspondence D this ultimate celebrity biography is the gripping real-life story of a fairy-tale couple whose lives were even grander and more outrageous than the epic films they made."