From nursing Burton through an epileptic seizure to witnessing Burton's part in East End gang violence, this is an
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English Pages xi, 260 Year 2014;2015
Table of contents :
Chapter 1 From the Land of Heroes 1 --
Chapter 2 The Turning Point 13 --
Chapter 3 Phil 19 --
Chapter 4 From Jenkins to Burton 27 --
Chapter 5 The Myth Maker 34 --
Chapter 6 The Thing in his Head 43 --
Chapter 7 The Reluctant Husband 48 --
Chapter 8 The Watchful Celt 56 --
Chapter 9 Hollywood Hellraising 64 --
Chapter 10 Lust and Life at 20th Century Fox 71 --
Chapter 11 To Be Or Not To Be In Love With Claire 82 --
Chapter 12 A Rich Socialist 91 --
Chapter 13 Look Back in Joy 98 --
Chapter 14 I Wonder Who the King is Screwing Tonight 108 --
Chapter 15 Liz and Dick 114 --
Chapter 16 The Best Bad Priest in the Business 133 --
Chapter 17 No More Marriages 144 --
Chapter 18 For the Money, We Will Dance 153 --
Chapter 19 Hollywood vs the Bard: The Culture Clash 160 --
Chapter 20 The Dark Side 169 --
Chapter 21 Fighting Germans and Villains 182 --
Chapter 22 Spiralling Downward 190 --
Chapter 23 The End of the Adventure 199 --
Chapter 24 Been There, Done That 212 --
Chapter 25 Rock Bottom But Not Out 219 --
Chapter 26 Top of the Heap Again 229 --
Chapter 27 The Prince is Dead 240 --
The Plays, Films and Television Works of Richard Burton 247.