The Oldie

Hollywood Babylon

By Kate Anderson Brower

HarperCollins £25

The title page, and its verso, come dotted with little stars. How could they not be?

They are there not only to show that Elizabeth Taylor was a star, who outshone other stars, but I think also to suggest the jewellery she loved so much, lavished on her by so many husbands. Ah, so many husbands…

She once showed off a new ring to her ex-husband, Richard Burton (ex-exhusband? ex-ex-ex-husband?), which

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