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HOLLYWOOD ICONS VOLUME 3: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor - 2 Books in 1 Featuring... *Richard Burton *Elizabeth Taylor 2 Great Books in 1! Richard Burton Richard Burton was a coal miner's son who went to Oxford and became one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of his time. He had his demons - a penchant for drink and women, the occasional cruel tongue, a kind of wildness - but he had a love of books and a gift for words, mixing Shakespeare and intelligent conversation with wit and self-deprecating humor. He was charming and generous. He was a compelling actor to watch and listen to. He had intelligence, intensity and rakish appeal. He wasn't just handsome, he was magnetic. He was so much more than the parasitic scandal that has become to be attached to him, sucking on the life blood of what should be a more vital, more fitting memory. A man, after all, should not be remembered solely for his biggest - even if it they are also his most beautiful - mistakes. Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Taylor is among the last - if not the last - legend to come out of the Golden Age of Hollywood. For most of her life, she was chief transmitter of Tinsel Town's illusion and fantasy. She was"Movie Star" par excellence. Not just by acting chops, though these she had - two Academy Awards can vouch for that - but by her unabashed epitomizing of Hollywood glamour. She had no pretensions to being anything other than the rare creature that she was born to be. Love her or hate her, Liz was Liz.