Elizabeth Taylor is known internationally as one of the most beautiful and talented women ever to grace the silver screen. She has won two Academy Awards and has starred in over sixty films. She is just as well known for her tempestuous personal life, marrying eight times and suffering through innumerable health problems. This moving book traces for the first time Elizabeth's journey through the dark and often lonely world of a fame unparalleled in the 1960s and 1970s, a time during which alcohol and drugs played a major part in her life. This book also details her philanthropic work as an AIDS activist in the 1990s as well as her stunning success as a business woman today (with a multimillion-dollar fragrance). Based on years of research this is not just a star's biography... it's an unforgettable woman's story.

Includes index. Includes filmography: p. [517]-533. Includes bibliographical references: p. 488-516.