Elizabeth Taylor

The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor.

Informationen zum Autor Kate Andersen Brower Klappentext The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the twentieth century's most famous film star. Including unseen photographs and unread private reflections, this authorised biography is a fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legend and her legacy. Elizabeth Taylor captures this intelligent, empathetic, tenacious, volatile and complex woman as never before, from her rise to massive fame at the age of twelve in National Velvetto becoming the first actor 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. Using Elizabeth's unpublished letters, diary entries and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with 250 of her closest friends and family, Kate Andersen Brower tells the full, unvarnished story of the classic Hollywood star who continues to captivate audiences the world over. Zusammenfassung The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor.

Autorentext

Kate Andersen Brower is the author of the No.1 New York Times bestseller The Residence and First Women, also a New York Times bestseller, as well as USA Today bestseller Team of Five, First in Line and the children's book Exploring the White House. She is a CNN contributor and covered the Obama administration for Bloomberg News. She is also a former CBS News staffer and Fox News producer. Kate has written for the New York Times, Vanity Fair and the Washington Post. She lives outside of Washington, DC, with her husband, their three young children and their wheaten terrier.

Zusammenfassung
The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor.