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Read * The Richard Burton Diaries PDF by # Richard Burton eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. The Richard Burton Diaries 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 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 constantl

The Richard Burton Diaries

Title : The Richard Burton Diaries
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Rating : 4.41 (944 Votes)
Asin : 0300180101
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 704 Pages
Publish Date : 2015-11-20
Language : English

Forget the Other Burton Bios M. Peters The Richard Burton Diaries are feast for the senses. Unlike the preceding heavily edited version contained in Bragg's Richard Burton: A Life, here you get the full diaries edited only to remove repetition. There is not a great deal of "biography" here,. "Burton by Burton" according to Shar. As the title states, this is a collection of Richard Burton's Diaries, annotated and presented in book form. It is not a biography, but does have autobiographical elements. The diaries have not been prettied-up, nor is the editor even certain that Burt. "The Unvarnished Burton: A Polished Gem" according to Delving Eye. Outside it is drizzling, sleeting, raining. It is January in New England, a winter full of discontent, and therefore the perfect season for reading and escaping. And this is the perfect book with which to do so. Escape, that is.Reading the diaries of t

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 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. His diaries offer a rare and fresh perspective on his own life and career, and on the glamorous decades of the mid-twentieth century.. The diary entries appear in their original sequence, with annotations to clarify people, places, books, and events Burton mentions.From these hand-written pages emerg

--Chris Keech . Burton squandered his once brilliant acting career, taking mediocre paycheck roles in later years, and battled enough demons to fill several lifetimes. For a true glimpse into the heart and mind of this wildly talented yet conflicted man—who garnered no less than seven Academy Award nominations, with no wins—this mammoth, unsanitized, and handsomely presented collection of Burton’s innermost thoughts, along with the fascinating minutiae of a huge star’s day-to-day existence, should restore his reputation as one of the most original Hollywood stars of all time. Most people remember the Welsh-born actor as the heavy-drinking fifth (and sixth!) husband of Elizabeth Taylor, with whom he made several films (most memorably the 1966 classic Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the expensive 1963 fiasco Cleo

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