Advanced
Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for Furious Love by Sam Kashner - Available

Furious Love

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century

by Sam Kashner
Nancy Schoenberger
Audiobook
1 of 1 copy available
Borrow Listen to a sample Listen to a sample
1 of 1 copy available
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.

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 15, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780061988806
      • File size: 507068 KB
      • Duration: 17:36:23

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This account of the tumultuous lives of the most tragically infamous of Hollywood couples lacks real depth and poignancy, despite special access to both Taylor herself as well as Burton's letters and diaries. Paul Boehmer's narration is crisply precise and somewhat flat. It does not convey the excitement of this "furious" love story. Perhaps it's the dual authorship of a dual biography that creates the sensational, rather than insightful, nature of this less-than-revelatory work. Despite providing significant, if repetitive, detail relative to the actors' early artistic triumphs, the writing as well as the narration is pedestrian even when recounting the Burtons' excesses and dark, steamy passion for life. W.A.G. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 5, 2010
      Life outdoes movie melodrama in this raucous, intimate, dual biography of Hollywood's ultimate “It Couple.” As told by journalist Kashner (Sinatraland
      ) and biographer Schoenberger (Dangerous Muse: The Life of Caroline Blackwood
      ), the romance between the glittering Tinseltown diva and the sonorous, self-loathing Shakespearean reprises their co-starring movie roles: it has the passion of Cleopatra
      (the Vatican condemned their on-set adultery as “erotic vagrancy”), the riotous merriment of The Taming of the Shrew
      , the poisonous marital fights of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
      and a cast of thousands of paparazzi and shrieking fans. The well-researched narrative—the authors make good use of Burton's engaging love letters and diary entries—offers juicy details of his epic alcoholism and her towering tantrums, and is fascinated with the jewelry pieces, like the Taj Mahal diamond that Taylor famously extracted from Burton as tribute or penance. But from the binges and bling emerges a revealing portrait of the magnetic qualities—her vulgar warmth, his soulful virility—that glued the couple together. Here is that rare love story that holds one's interest beyond the wedding—and a reminder, after the thin gruel of Brangelina, of what a feast celebrity can be. Photos.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Loading