Richard Burton My Brother

Author : Graham Jenkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard Burton, My Brother written by Graham Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burton's younger brother tells of Burton's deep-rooted insecurities and the conflict of values which made him veer from high achievement to humiliating failure and, ultimately, plunge into alcoholism. He conveys Burton's extraordinary charisma and writes movingly about his love and generosity towards his family.

Author : David Jenkins
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard Burton written by David Jenkins and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1993 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sam Kashner
Publisher : JR Books
ISBN 13 : 1907532560
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Furious Love written by Sam Kashner and published by JR Books. This book was released on 2013-02-18 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tough Welshman, he was softened by the affections of a breathtakingly beautiful woman: she was a modern-day Cleopatra madly in love with her own Mark Antony. For quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were the king and queen of Hollywood. Yet their two marriages to each other represented much more than outlandish romance. Together, Elizabeth and Richard were a fascinating embodiment of the mores and transgressions of their time and even luminaries like Jacqueline Kennedy looked to them as a barometer of the culture. The enduring glamour, grandeur, drama and bravado embodied in the couple gave rise to the type of rabid gossip and wide-eyed adoration that are the staples of todayÕ s media. Using brand-new research and interviews Ð including unique access to Taylor herself, the Burton family, and TaylorÕ s extensive personal correspondence Ð this ultimate celebrity biography is the gripping real-life story of a fairy-tale couple whose lives were even grander and more outrageous than the epic films they made.

Author : Melvyn Bragg
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444758462
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rich: The Life of Richard Burton written by Melvyn Bragg and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Burton: star. The roaring boy from the Welsh coal valleys who came to sport on the banks of the old Nile, playing great Antony to Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra. From the West End to Hollywood, from Camelot to Shakespeare, he drank, dazzled and despaired, playing out his life on the public stage. But there was another, quieter, off-stage Richard Burton, a face hidden from the multitude. Melvyn Bragg, allowed free access to the never-before-revealed Burton private notebooks, and with the cooperation of friends who have never spoken about him before, has brought together the private and public sides for the first time. Rich is the complete Richard Burton: a revelation.

Author : Richard Burton
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300192312
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Richard Burton Diaries written by Richard Burton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The irresistible, candid diaries of Richard Burton, published in their entirety “Just great fun, and written out of an engaging, often comical bewilderment: How did a poor Welshman become not only a star, but a player on the world stage that was Elizabeth Taylor’s fame?”—Hilton Als, NewYorker.com “Of real interest is that Burton was almost as good a writer as an actor, read as many as three books a day, haunted bookstores in every city he set foot in, bought countless books on every conceivable subject and evaluated them rather shrewdly. . . . Apt writing abounds.”—John Simon, New York Times Book Review Irresistibly magnetic on stage, mesmerizing in movies, seven times an Academy Award nominee, Richard Burton rose from humble beginnings in Wales to become Hollywood's most highly paid actor and one of England's most admired Shakespearean performers. His epic romance with Elizabeth Taylor, his legendary drinking and story-telling, his dazzling purchases (enormous diamonds, a jet, homes on several continents), and his enormous talent kept him constantly in the public eye. Yet the man behind the celebrity façade carried a surprising burden of insecurity and struggled with the peculiar challenges of a life lived largely in the spotlight. This volume publishes Burton's extensive personal diaries in their entirety for the first time. His writings encompass many years—from 1939, when he was still a teenager, to 1983, the year before his death—and they reveal him in his most private moments, pondering his triumphs and demons, his loves and his heartbreaks. The diary entries appear in their original sequence, with annotations to clarify people, places, books, and events Burton mentions. From these hand-written pages emerges a multi-dimensional man, no mere flashy celebrity. While Burton touched shoulders with shining lights—among them Olivia de Havilland, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier, John Huston, Dylan Thomas, and Edward Albee—he also played the real-life roles of supportive family man, father, husband, and highly intelligent observer. His diaries offer a rare and fresh perspective on his own life and career, and on the glamorous decades of the mid-twentieth century.

Author : Janis Owens
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1561643432
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Brother Michael written by Janis Owens and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2005 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of the shotgun houses and deep, shaded porches of a West Florida mill town comes this extraordinary novel of love and redemption. Gabriel Catts recounts his lifelong love for his brother's wife, Myra whose own demons threaten to overwhelm all three of them. The story told in My Brother Michael is retold in Myra Sims, Janis Owens' second novel, from Myra's point of view.

Author : George Johnston
Publisher : Angus & Robertson
ISBN 13 : 9780207197277
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Brother Jack written by George Johnston and published by Angus & Robertson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David and Jack Meredith grow up in a patriotic suburban Melbourne household during the First World War, and go on to lead lives that could not be more different. Through the story of the two brothers George Johnston created an enduring exploration of two Australian myths: that of the man who loses his soul as he gains worldly success, and that off the tough, honest, Aussie battler, whose greatest ambition is to serve his country during the war. Acknowledged as one of the true Australian classics, MY BROTHER JACK is a deeply satisfying, complex and moving literary masterpiece.

Author : Edward Rice
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton written by Edward Rice and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8271 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Works of Richard Burton written by Richard Francis Burton and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-12-10 with total page 8271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) was a British explorer, geographer, translator and diplomat. Burton's best-known achievements include a well-documented journey to Mecca, in disguise; an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights; the publication of the Kama Sutra in English and an expedition with J. H. Spake to discover the source of Nile. E-artnow present his greatest works as an author, translator and explorer. His works and the works about his life act as the true legacy of his untamed travel spirit and eternal curiosity. Content Translations: Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Book of Thousand Nights and A Night (Complete Edition) The Perfumed Garden of the Cheikh Nefzaoui Ananga Ranga Vikram and the Vampire Travel Writings: First Footsteps in East Africa Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah To the Gold Coast for Gold Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Unexplored Syria Historical Research: A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry The Sentiment of the Sword: A Country-House Dialogue Poetry: The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî The Gulistan of Sa'di Priapeia Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Poem to His Wife Alma Minha Gentil, Que Te Partiste Em Quanto Quiz Fortuna Que Tivesse Eu Cantarei De Amor Tao Docemente No Mundo Poucos Annos, E Cansados Que Levas, Cruel Morte? Hum Claro Dia Ah! Minha Dinamene! Assim Deixaste Biography and Further Readings: Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by J. H. Speke What Led to the Discovery of the Nile by J. H. Speke Arabian Society in the Middle Ages Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia

Author : Richard Burton
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300180101
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Richard Burton Diaries written by Richard Burton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The personal diaries of the renowned actor and glamorous celebrity describe his life from 1939 to 1983, including his struggles with weight, drinking and jealousy when other men looked at the love of his life, Elizabeth Taylor.