Elizabeth Taylor

Over half a century after her movie debut at the age of ten, Elizabeth Taylor is the only star from Hollywood’s Golden Age who continues to hit the headlines. Yet until now, this most public of lives has always maintained a certain element of mystery. For years fluctuating between disaster and triumph, along the way she became one of America’s finest screen actresses and the ultimate celebrity – both as achiever and casualty.

With comprehensive and perceptive insights into her movie career, and exploiting a wealth of new material concerning her stormy relationship with Richard Burton, Donald Spoto’s peerless biography offers the fullest coverage yet of one of the most fascinating of Hollywood lives.