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Furious love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the marriage of the century
The first time Richard Burton laid eyes on Elizabeth Taylor he nearly burst out laughing due to her luminous beauty. Taylor took one look at the swaggering Welshman and thought he was an arrogant jerk. When they met years later on the set of the movie Cleopatra they began an infamous affair that rocked Hollywood and the world. The affair between Taylor and Burton was so shocking at the time it was branded Le Scandale. The authors of "Furious Love" have struck a delicate balance between paying tribute to the couple's talent and exposing the lives of a passionate duo that battled substance abuse and their own enormous egos. Elizabeth Taylor herself granted the authors access to her personal letters from Burton for this book. "Furious Love" is a great read and provides previously unknown details about one of the most powerful couples in Hollywood history.
You may also be interested in the following recent biography on Elizabeth Taylor’s life: “How to be a movie star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood” by William J. Mann.