And God Created Richard by Tom Rubython

And God Created Richard by Tom Rubython

Believe me, you will never have read anything quite like this The Spectator--London With Richard Burton, I was living my own fabulous and passionate fantasy. Everyone bought tickets to watch Liz and Dick, and we gave them what they wanted.--Elizabeth Taylor In all honesty, had he turned his considerable charms on me early in rehearsals, I do not know what my reaction would have been. He was that attractive.--Julie Andrews If there were twelve elephants on a stage, you would look at Rich.--Richard Harris They say best men are molded out of faults. And, for the most, become much more the better for being a little bad.--William Shakespeare I came to dread the moment before dawn when Richard had to dress and go back to his wife.--Claire Bloom In 1951, at the age of 26, an unknown British actor was signed by Richard Zanuck of 20th Century Fox on a three film deal worth $250,000. Very quickly, Richard Burton became Fox's biggest star, culminating in the 1953 blockbuster The Robe, where he out acted and outshone Victor Mature. Zanuck doubled his salary to $500,000 and Burton never looked back, eventually starring in the most expensive film ever made at the time, Cleopatra, and then marrying the world's biggest female star of the time, Elizabeth Taylor. Three times he was the toast of New York on the Broadway stage with performances in Camelot, Hamlet, and Equus, even today never bested for the box office takings or sheer strength of performance. This is the story of Richard Burton, a sweeping saga spanning 1898 to 1984, a story more exciting than any novel about the most charismatic actor that ever walked the stage. Stretching from the coal mines of South Wales to the film sets of Hollywood, this far reaching 800-page biography reflects the entire life of one of the greatest Anglo-Americans of our time. In the process, he became as rich as Croesus; the first actor to be paid a million dollars a film, he outbid even Aristotle Onassis to buy the world's greatest diamonds. He loved and lost some of the world's most beautiful women, including Elizabeth Taylor, Raquel Welch, Susan Stasberg and Claire Bloom. Reputedly bedding over 2,000 women, he was a lothario on a scale only equaled since by Warren Beatty. The book also reflects on his fatal flaws and how he spent almost every day of his adult life intoxicated with alcohol. He was the last of the hell raisers, a pack of actors that included Lee Marvin, Peter O'Toole, Oliver Reed and Richard Harris. Supplemented by 64 pages of stunning photographs, many of which are published here for the first time.

Tom Rubython is best known for writing Life of Senna, the authoritative biography of Ayrton Senna, a Brazilian race driver. With 100,000 copies sold, Life of Senna has become the best-selling third-party biography of a racing driver. It continues to sell over 8,000 copies each year six years after its initial release. Rubython was well-known in the field of magazine publishing before becoming a biography, spanning the worlds of sport and business. He's been a professional business journalist for thirty years, in addition to his Formula One job.

He was the former editor of BusinessAge, EuroBusiness, and Spectator Biz in the business world. He has edited F1 Magazine, BusinessF1 and SportsPro in the sports world. Rubython has shifted her focus to nonfiction storytelling. Throughout the process of writing and researching the comprehensive biography, he is zealous and methodical.

Beginning with a desire to present the entire story of a person's life, he emphasizes what is relevant while minimizing what is not; these are essential skills for any biographer.

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ISBN 13	9780990619901
ISBN 10	0990619907
Title	And God Created Richard
Author	Tom Rubython
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Myrtle Press
Year published	2014-11-07
Number of pages	812
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