Elizabeth Taylor The Lady Was a Vamp Author:David Bret "Elizabeth Taylor: The Lady Was a Vamp" cannot possibly be published until after her death for fear of litigation. It includes many 'spiked' interviews and information which other biographers have shied away from revealing. Written by an established biographer of Hollywood icons, David Bret, it is straight to the point and opinionated. Bret clai... more »ms that Taylor is the most controversial Hollywood icon since Mae West. She has spent her entire life screwing up every relationship she had, many of which were with husbands who were gay or bisexual. In her heyday, she was the most self-centred star in the firmament - her extravagances were obscene. Yet, in the wake of her friend Rock Hudson's death from AIDS in 1985, she has raised millions of dollars for AIDS foundations, putting her own career unselfishly on the line.Whilst never yielding his admiration and respect for this legendary figure, David Bret has stripped away the veneer to reveal Elizabeth Taylor as she really was: attention seeking, avaricious, monstrous towards her peers, arrogant, reckless, even foolish at times, but above all a survivor, the last truly great Hollywood superstar in the wake of whom every single one of today's so-called 'headliners' fades into oblivion. Amongst the many revelations, the book details: her father's homosexual affairs; her mother's lesbian affairs and those with directors to get parts for Elizabeth; her involvement with the McCarthy witchhunt; the Taylor-Burton-Fisher-Reynolds scandal; Burton's career and bisexuality; and the millions Taylor spent on a yacht, houses and jewels.« less