Elizabeth Taylor
The Lady, The Lover, The Legend 1932-2011
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2.9 • 16 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From her fairytale childhood to her impressive array of movies and marriages, Elizabeth Taylor’s life, both on and off the screen, has enchanted, saddened, appalled, and entertained us for the past seven decades.
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lady, The Lover, The Legend -- the first new biography to be published following her death -- strips away the Hollywood veneer to reveal the woman as she really was. Through his incredible depth of knowledge, biographer David Bret sheds new light on the Elizabeth Taylor we thought we knew: her feud with Louis B. Mayer, her friendship with Montgomery Clift, the abuse she suffered at the hands of Nicky Hilton, the real story behind the Taylor-Fisher-Reynolds love triangle -- and, of course, her epic relationship with Richard Burton, just as stormy in real life as it was on film. With compassion and admiration, Bret describes Taylor’s later years, including her fight for AIDS awareness and support for gay rights, her strange friendship with Michael Jackson, and her deteriorating health leading up to her untimely death on March 23, 2011.
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lady, The Lover, The Legend is a shockingly honest, richly detailed book about one of the greatest Hollywood superstars of all time.
Customer Reviews
Sloppy work
This is the worst biography of Taylor ever published. Summarized (if not plagiarized) from previously published biographies. The biographies by Walker, Taraborrelli, Mann, Kashner, or Amburn are highly regarded and satisfying -- buy one of their books instead. Bret doesn't distinguish between malicious slander and documented fact. Sloppy. Omits important episodes in Taylor's life, and oversimplifies others to the extent that she is seriously mischaracterized.