Elizabeth [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Taraborrelli, J. Randy

Verlag: Warner Books, New York, 2006

Beschreibung

Fine unread condition black boards with a black spine and silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by J. Randy Taraborrelli; Author Dedication; Prologue; Appendices consisting of: Selected Cast of Characters; Acknowledgments; Sources and Other Notes; Elizabeth Taylor Filmography; and Index. Illustrated with two sections of black-and-white photographic plates and black-and-white photographic front and rear endpapers. "She has been written about many times, but never like this. For more than six decades she has been part of our lives. An American icon, Elizabeth Taylor has been surrounded by fame and notoriety since childhood. Now acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli looks past the tabloid version of Elizabeth's life to the person she really is - and how she evolved from a child star to a woman in her own right. At the heart of this impeccably researched work is the first fully realized portrait of Elizabeth Taylor's family: her canny, controlling mother, who, from the moment she laid eyes on her baby, began plotting her success; and her father, often portrayed as distant, but whose connection with his daughter was far more complex than people knew. As Taraborrelli brings to life the people around Elizabeth and her rise in 1940s Hollywood, he reveals the qualities that made her a star, the associations that put her at the right place at the right time, and the ways in which she was singularly unprepared for life out on her own. While Elizabeth's eight marriages to seven men have been widely publicized, this author examines the psychological and emotional roots of each relationship, including her abusive marriage to Nicky Hilton, her attraction to swashbuckling Mike Todd, and the complex, incendiary Taylor-Burton love affair that continued for decades and never truly died. Finally, Taraborrelli chronicles Elizabeth's most bravura performance of all. Despite the highly public battles with substance abuse and chronic illness, she achieved new success and sustenance in family, friendships, and philanthropy. With never-before-published family photos by Taylor historian Tom Gates, as well as rare family photos, Elizabeth is the story of a woman you thought you knew - and can now finally begin to understand." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005837

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Elizabeth [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Verlag: Warner Books, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2006

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition