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Elizabeth Taylor came to glory almost 80 years ago, and was then known for his films, his marriages, his friendships with other celebrities, his diamonds, his perfume, his philanthropy ... The list continues. But, according to the new biography Elizabeth Taylor: the grain and glamor of an icon by Kate Andersen Brower , there is even more to know more about the emblematic star.

People report that Brower's search for the book - What is the first authorized biography of Taylor - including the reading of more than 7,000 of the personal letters of the Hollywood legend and interviewing 250 people who knew it. The author revealed to the magazine that the book explores how Taylor never considered himself a victim, even if she suffered abuse of those who were close to her. Read the rest to learn more about the book and the ups and downs of Taylor's relationships.

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During his life, Taylor had eight marriages to seven men: the heir to the hotel Conrad Hilton Jr. , actor Michael Wilding , producer Mike Todd , singer / actor Eddie Fisher , actor Richard Burton (twice), politician John Warner and construction worker Larry Fortensky .

Taylor said Todd - who died in a plane crash a year after their marriage - and Burton was the love of his life. Questioned in an interview of 2002 with The New York Times if she thought that other men cared That she felt that, Taylor replied: "Oh, gee, I don't think. They have always known. I mean, a gentle and sweet man like John Warner, Oh, we talked about it. And he knows that It was not I am the love of my life. And I know that I was not the love of his life. But we loved each other. "

Taylor and Fisher got married after Fisher left his wife, Debbie Reynolds , for her following the death of Todd; The group had all been close friends. Brower's book includes a story in which Fisher held a firearm at the head of Taylor during their wedding and said: "Don't worry, you are too good to kill."

Brower explained Taylor and Fisher, "she said that being married to him was slow suicide. So she had to leave. So she came out of these situations in which she was abusive. But I think that The thing about her too, did she always think she was her best when she was married. But if you look at her, the period when she was the most impactful and it was when she was single. " AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Fisher and Taylor were married from 1959 to 1964. He died in 2010, a year before Taylor.

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Brower also talked about Taylor's physical violence.

"She said all her life was a fight," said Brower People . "Resilience is a refusal to be a victim. His father beat her. And he beat her because he felt intimidated that his 12 -year -old was earned more money [like a star child] than He. And they had done it a reconciliation when she had about twenty. But I mean, the fact that she does not allow herself to be a victim even if she was on paper, victim. "

Taylor herself said Hilton had injured her during their marriage. She wrote in her 1988 book Elizabeth takes off ( Going through People ) that Hilton "has become sullen, angry and abusive, physically and mentally".

The fights of Taylor and Burton, who They were both opened , are legendary. As for whether they have become physical, when Burton newspapers were published in 2012 ( Via ABC News ), an entry said that it "was from [Ed] [him] Around the head with his ringing fingers".

"If a man had done it, I had killed him," wrote the actor.

In her New York Times Interview, Taylor was invited to know if here was marriages that she "would extend from the file".

"Eddie, Eddie, Eddie," she replied. "And I did!"

Taylor left Fisher for Burton when they developed a relationship working on the 1963 film Cleopatra . According to the book Furious love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the marriage of the century ( via the Irish mirror ), it was when Fisher discovered the case that he pulled the weapon over his wife.