![]() “Not unlike one of Taylor’s performances, Brower’s book captures your attention and won’t let go.” - AV Club “Told with style and great detail, making this a must read for new fans and longtime admirers alike.” - Town & Country With access to Taylor's unpublished letters, diary entries, and off-the-record interview transcripts, as well as her own interviews with 250 of Taylor's closest friends and family, readers will get the most personal look at Taylor ever put to paper.” - Entertainment Weekly “There is perhaps no bigger (or more misunderstood) star than Elizabeth Taylor, who at last gets an authorized biography courtesy of Kate Andersen Brower and the Taylor estate. "Magnetic and mercurial, ferocious and funny, sensual yet maternal, with explosive energy and a luminous purity of profound emotion, Elizabeth Taylor was a brilliant virtuoso of the camera and the greatest screen actress in Hollywood history." - Camille Paglia, author of Sexual Personae Updegrove, president & CEO of the LBJ Foundation and author of Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency Kate Andersen Brower vividly captures the icon throughout her eventful but tempestuous life, as an accomplished actress, much-married wife, devoted mother, loyal friend, savvy businesswoman, compassionate humanitarian, and international celebrity.” - Mark K. “The last great movie star of the Hollywood studio system, the legendary Elizabeth Taylor was as complex and captivating as any role she ever played. "Brower’s behind-the-curtain look at the most private thoughts of such an enormous cultural icon is a true page turner! I feel like I know what made Elizabeth tick after reading it." - Andy Cohen Her true nature is revealed here in these pages and her life story deserves to be told in a moving and transparent way.” - Magic Johnson She lived by the credo, ‘To whom much is given, much is required.’ Elizabeth was not perfect, but she always tried to improve and be better. Brower’s book took me back to the early days when Elizabeth fought so hard against the stigma surrounding people living with HIV and AIDS. “Many should be inspired by all that Elizabeth accomplished as an HIV and AIDS activist. I never wanted it to end!" - Brooke Shields We see her as a woman who struggled and ultimately survived to rewrite the playbook on celebrity and power. Elizabeth’s heart, mind, and passion come vividly alive on each page. "Brower’s book takes the reader into the private world of the most famous celebrity of the 20th century. Elizabeth's life was more captivating than any film could ever be." - Demi Moore “A dazzling portrait of an incredible woman. Here is a fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legendary star and her legacy.Įlizabeth Taylor features a photo insert. 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. ![]() 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. In the first ever authorized biography of the Hollywood icon, Kate Andersen Brower reveals the world through Elizabeth’s eyes. 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. ![]() A co-founder of amfAR, she raised more than $100 million for research and patient care. 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. Above all, she was a survivor-by the time she was twenty-six she was twice divorced and once widowed. During her seventy-nine years of rapid-fire love and loss she was married eight times to seven different men. But her private life was even more compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen performances. 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. ![]() No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor’s glamour and guts or her level of fame. 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. ![]()
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