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Elizabeth Taylor - The Grit & Glamour of an Icon
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and
First Women, the first ever authorized biography of the most famous
movie star of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor. No celebrity
rivals Elizabeth Taylor's glamour and guts or her level of fame.
She was the last major star to come out of the old Hollywood studio
system and she is a legend known for her beauty and her magnetic
screen presence in a career that spanned most of the twentieth
century and nearly sixty films. But her private life was even more
compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen performances. During
her seventy-nine years of rapid-fire love and loss she was married
eight times to seven different men. Above all, she was a
survivor--by the time she was twenty-six she was twice divorced and
once widowed. Her life was a soap opera that ended in a deeply
meaningful way when she became the first major celebrity activist
to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS. A co-founder of amfAR, she
raised more than $100 million for research and patient care. She
was also a shrewd businesswoman who made a fortune as the first
celebrity perfumer who always demanded to be paid what she was
worth. In the first ever authorized biography of the Hollywood
icon, Kate Andersen Brower reveals the world through Elizabeth's
eyes. Brower uses Elizabeth's unpublished letters, diary entries,
and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with
250 of her closest friends and family to tell the full, unvarnished
story of her remarkable career and her explosive private life that
made headlines worldwide. Elizabeth Taylor captures this
intelligent, empathetic, tenacious, volatile, and complex woman as
never before, from her rise to massive fame at age twelve in
National Velvet to becoming the first to negotiate a million-dollar
salary for a film, from her eight marriages and enduring love
affair with Richard Burton to her lifelong battle with addiction
and her courageous efforts as an AIDS activist. Here is a
fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legendary star and
her legacy. Elizabeth Taylor features a photo insert.
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Imprint: |
Collins
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Kate Andersen Brower
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Dimensions: |
203 x 135 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
512 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-306766-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-06-306766-8 |
Barcode: |
9780063067660 |
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