I love reading biographies. I sink into an overstuffed chair and prepare two bookmarks — one for the main text and one for the source notes at the end — so I can flip back and forth between the two. I ...

No one was better at being a movie star than Elizabeth Taylor. Rising from child star to respected actress and a key figure in the rise of celebrity culture as audiences lapped up her off-screen ...

Donald Trump was well known for lavishing praise on Queen Elizabeth II, but it appears that the feeling was not mutual. A new biography of the late British monarch, penned by Craig Brown, casts light ...

In the book, Brower talks about the abuse Taylor faced throughout her life, including allegedly at the hands of her fourth husband Eddie Fisher. The most terrifying detail was that Fisher reportedly ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Books about Elizabeth Taylor have covered her legendary (and rocky) ...

Kate Andersen Brower’s Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of An Icon is billed as the first-ever authorized biography of the legendary actress, as her family and estate gave her access to Taylor’s ...

“Until someone has the temerity to write a biography of Elizabeth Hardwick,” Hilton Als remarked in 1998, “we will have to rely on her work for its powerful evocation of the life of her mind, and on ...