{"product_id":"furious-love-elizabeth-taylor-richard-burton-and-the-marriage-of-the-century-isbn-9780061562846","title":"Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century","description":"From veteran entertainment reporter Sam Kashner and biographer Nancy Schoenberger comes the definitive account of the greatest Hollywood love story ever told—the romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Kashner has interviewed Elizabeth Taylor numerous times and is the only journalist given access to her extensive collection of personal letters and journals, and he and Schoenberger have also interviewed the Burton family at length, including Burton’s actress daughter Kate. This is truly an authorized and singularly informed biography of these two larger-than-life stars, and of their glamorous, volatile, and audacious relationship. | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe definitive story of Hollywood's most famous couple\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was a tough-guy Welshman softened by the affections of a breathtakingly beautiful woman; she was a modern-day Cleopatra madly in love with her own Mark Antony. For nearly a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Hollywood royalty, and their fiery romance—often called \"the marriage of the century\"—was the most notorious, publicized, and celebrated love affair of its day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e contributing editor Sam Kashner and acclaimed biographer Nancy Schoenberger tell the complete story of this larger-than-life couple, showing how their romance and two marriages commanded the attention of the world. Also for the first time, in exclusive access given to the authors, Elizabeth Taylor herself gives never-revealed details and firsthand accounts of her life with Burton. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon brand-new information and interviews—and on Burton's private, passionate, and heartbreaking letters to Taylor—\u003cem\u003eFurious Love\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on the movies, the sex, the scandal, the fame, the brawls, the booze, the bitter separations, and, of course, the fabled jewels. It offers an intimate glimpse into Elizabeth and Richard's privileged world and their elite circle of friends, among them Princess Grace, Montgomery Clift, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Peter O'Toole, Michael Caine, Marlon Brando, Rex Harrison, Mike Nichols, Laurence Olivier, Robert Kennedy, Tennessee Williams, Noël Coward, John Huston, Ava Gardner, the Rothschilds, Maria Callas, and Aristotle Onassis. It provides an entertaining, eye-opening look at their films, their wildly lucrative reign in Europe and in Hollywood—and the price they paid for their extravagant lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShocking and unsparing in its honesty, \u003cem\u003eFurious Love\u003c\/em\u003e explores the very public marriage of \"Liz and Dick\" as well as the private struggles of Elizabeth and Richard, including \u003cem\u003eLe Scandale\u003c\/em\u003e, their affair on the set of the notorious epic \u003cem\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/em\u003e that earned them condemnation from the Vatican; Burton's hardscrabble youth in Wales; the crippling alcoholism that nearly destroyed his career and contributed to his early death; the medical issues that plagued both him and Elizabeth; and the failed aspirations and shame that haunted him throughout their relationship. As Kashner and Schoenberger illuminate the events and choices that shaped this illustrious couple's story, they demonstrate how the legendary pair presaged America's changing attitudes toward sex, marriage, morality, and celebrity. Yet ultimately, as the authors show, Elizabeth and Richard shared something priceless beyond the drama: enduring love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddictive and entertaining, \u003cem\u003eFurious Love\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a celebrity biography; it's an honest yet sympathetic portrait of a man, a woman, and a passion that shocked and mesmerized the world.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Exciting and well-written, fast-paced yet containing a wealth of information, Furious Love is a fine read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Bosworth, author of Marlon Brando: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] unfailingly respectful and journalistically honest chronicle. . . . Where this book breaks ground is in its ability to humanize these colossal celebs. . . . Reads like a Shakespearean drama.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Long before there was Brangelina, the high-wire romance between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton rocked the world.  In Furious Love, Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger provide dramatic historical insights into Hollywood’s stormiest, up-and-down relationship.  Every page is riveting.  A hit book for sure!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Brinkley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Furious Love] is fascinating, heartbreaking, and romantic.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Walsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kashner and Schoenberger have had access to unpublished portions of Taylor’s autobiography and, more important, to 40 of the many love letters Burton sent her over the years. The latter, excerpted here, are remarkable: by turns, playful, elegant, heartbreakingly felt and wonderfully earthy... The best parts of Furious Love depict Taylor and Burton at work, or quote their conversations about acting, film and the stage.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] entertaining, blow-by-blow account of the life and times of an epic Hollywood couple... There is no shortage of saucy anecdotes in Furious Love...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An indulgent, plenty-of-fun book...the authors make shrewd observations...juicy…a good beach book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I fell for Furious Love, hook, line and sinker... Ultimately Furious Love is utterly persuasive on the ineffable force of ‘the most notorious, publicized, celebrated, and vilified love affair of its day,’ offering a powerful portrait of the ecstasies and travails of overreaching passion and crippled psyches...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] five-alarm blaze of a biography that enthralls like an Olympian epic... [it] reads like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night...The authors make an excellent case that each deepened the other’s craft... a lively account of the compromises and struggles of marriage in general as well as a vivid portrait of this particular two-career marriage on steroids...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] five-alarm blaze of a biography that enthralls like an Olympian epic. . . . The authors make an excellent case that each deepened the other’s craft. . . . A vivid portrait of this...two-career marriage on steroids.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889165758693,"sku":"NP9780061562846","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061562846.jpg?v=1730230661","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/furious-love-elizabeth-taylor-richard-burton-and-the-marriage-of-the-century-isbn-9780061562846","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}