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The life of Elizabeth Taylor was non-stop drama 

Kate Andersen Brower has had access to the vast, unpublished archive of Hollywood’s queen - famed for her beauty, diamonds and unhappy marriages

7 January 2023

9:00 AM

7 January 2023

9:00 AM

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon Kate Andersen Brower

Harper Collins, pp.512, 26

What is so startling about Elizabeth Taylor’s life story is how quickly everything happened. She was an MGM star at 12, a wife at l8, a widow at 26 and a grandmother at 38. Aged 16, she was playing Robert Taylor’s wife in Conspirator while still doing school lessons every day.

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