Rich: The Life of Richard Burton
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Rich: The Life of Richard Burton by Melvyn Bragg
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.
'Thanks to Melvyn Bragg's wholly admirable book, he will be reborn to many as a lovable, suffering, complex human being' Anthony Burgess, Independent 'An impressive achievement which appears destined to become that rare creature, a literary and a popular success' Mail on Sunday 'Fascinating..Will be deservedly successful as an honourable record of a man and of a lifetime' Maeve Binchy, Irish Times
Melvyn Bragg's first novel, FOR WANT OF A NAIL, was published in 1965 and since then his novels have included THE HIRED MAN, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, WITHOUT A CITY WALL, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, THE SOLDIER'S RETURN, which won the WHSmith Literary Award, and A SON OF WAR and CROSSING THE LINES, both of which were longlisted for the Booker Prize, and REMEMBER ME... He has also published several works of non-fiction including THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH, 12 BOOKS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD and IN OUR TIME.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340500439 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340500433 |
| Title | Rich: The Life of Richard Burton |
| Author | Melvyn Bragg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1989-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 720 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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