Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were a couple of excesses from the '60s, a fantastic and desirable image. Liz, with her sensitivity and elegance, in perfumes and furs, combined with a demonic and deadly aura. Dick, with his chiseled face, seemed as if lit by the silver light of the moon - ready to transform into a wolf. Roger Lewis uses this famous and bruised couple as a starting point to narrate the story of an era of excess: the strange figures, fans, private jets, jewelry, and yachts sailing blue seas. It concerns the clash of worlds: the dirty and worn-out South Wales and the grandeur and elegance of old Hollywood. The fantasies we have about movie stars and the fantasies the Burtons had for each other.

Pages: 656, Year of Publication: 1026, Dimensions: 15.2x15.2cm