Harriet and Vesey meet when they are teenagers, and their love is as intense and instantaneous as it is innocent. But they are young. All life still lies ahead. Vesey heads off hopefully to pursue a career as an actor. Harriet marries and has a child, becoming a settled member of suburban society. A[...]
Elizabeth Taylor was a woman of stunning beauty--an actress blessed with immense talent, and someone whose never-dull life shaped the world's view of what it meant to be a celebrity. This must-have keepsake uses a breathtaking collection of photographs to tell the story of a life well-lived, followi[...]
Elizabeth Taylor defines movie star. Breathtakingly beautiful from a very young age, she most successfully made the rare transition from child star to adult star. Pocketing two Best Actress Oscars and numerous other honors for achievement in acting, Elizabeth battled an overbearing stage mother, a s[...]
The first volume to examine the iconic Elizabeth Taylor in this light, Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption paints Taylor as the seminal representation of "celebrity." A figure of enormous charisma and cultural sway, she intrigued a global audience with her marriages and extra-mar[...]
At 1.28 a.m. on Wednesday, 23 March 2011, just three weeks after celebrating her 79th birthday, the biggest star Hollywood has ever known died. The tributes and eulogies to Elizabeth Taylor were legion. A weeping Elton John said, 'We have just lost a Hollywood giant. More importantly, we have lost a[...]
As one of the most renowned actresses of all time, Elizabeth Taylor starred in many of the 20th century's most unforgettable films, including Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Known and loved throughout the world for her striking beauty and generous humanitarian effo[...]
Mrs Lippincote's house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder of all the certainties that have vanished with the advent of war. Temporarily, this is home for Julia, who has joined her husband Roddy at the behest of the RAF. Although she can accept the pompositie[...]
On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of gossip. Together, upper lips stiffened, they f[...]
"Here I am!" Flora called to Richard as she went downstairs. For a second, Meg felt disloyalty. It occurred to her of a sudden that Flora was always saying that, and that it was in the tone of one giving a lovely present. She was bestowing herself.' The soul of kindness is what Flora believes hersel[...]
Fifteen-year-old Angelica Deverell knows she is different, that she is destined to become a feted author. Escaping the dreariness of her provincial life, she locks herself in her room, pouring all her romantic longings on to the page. After reading The Lady Irania, the publishers are certain it will[...]
At 1.28 a.m. on Wednesday, 23 March 2011, just three weeks after celebrating her 79th birthday, the biggest star Hollywood has ever known died. The tributes and eulogies to Elizabeth Taylor were legion. A weeping Elton John said, 'We have just lost a Hollywood giant. More importantly, we have lost a[...]
Elizabeth Taylor was one of the first great actresses to embrace the Hollywood lifestyle. Accomplished in her field and revered for her beauty, Liz's career firmly placed her in the limelight from an early age. Films such as 'National Velvet', 'Who"s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and 'Cat on a Hot Tin [...]
Michael Jackson & Elizabeth Taylor, illustrated biography.
Filmerna, männen, juvelerna ?
Elizabeth Taylor - ett liv i rampljuset
Elizabeth Taylors namn är för evigt inskrivet i filmhistorien. Hon var en av de verkligt stora Hollywoodstjärnorna, lika begåvad som vacker, och hon medverkade i rad klassiska filmer.
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Sista delen i trilogin om dynastin Ravenscar
När den tjugofemåriga Elizabeth Deravenel ärver ledarskapet för det världsomspännande familjeimperiet är det den uppgift hon uppfostrats till. Ändå är det ingen lätt tradition att förvalta. Företagets rötter går långt tillbaka i sl[...]
Här är historien om Elizabeth Taylors storslagna liv. Hon var och är en Hollywoodikon och har medverkat i över 50 filmer. I den här boken hyllas hennes storartade liv fångat mitt i all dess intensitet genom filmerna, äktenskapen och välgörenhetsarbetet.
Taylor var en filmstjärna[...]
"Historian kuuluisat rakastavaiset sanovat, etteivät he voi asialle mitään: suuri intohimo ei ole heidän hallittavissaan."Tässä elämäkerrassa Elizabeth Taylorin ja Richard Burtonin kiihkeä rakkaustarina on kerrottu kaikkine shokeeravine, liikuttavinekin yksityiskohtineen. Kirja luo valoa lu[...]
Runsaasti kuvitettu elämäkerta elokuvamaailman viimeisestä suuresta diivasta lapsuusvuosista kevään 2011 draagiseen poismenoon. Kirjassa kerrotaan Taylorin näyttelijäuran alkuvaiheet, kaikki kahdeksan avioliittoa, merkittävimmät saavutukset uralla, perheet ja lapset, sekä viimeisten elinvu[...]