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And God Created Burton is Tom Rubython's first biography of an actor. He wanted to make sure that he wrote a complete biography that covered every facet of the actor's life as well as all of his music. Rubython is a former magazine and newspaper editor spanning the worlds of sport and business. For over 30 years he worked in business magazines editing, amongst others, BusinessAge, EuroBusiness and Spectator Business. Then he moved to sport, editing F1 Magazine, BusinessF1 and SportsPro before becoming a full-time biography writer. He wrote his first book in 1995, and there have been more than 20 since. He is best known for his motor racing biographies including Life of Senna, which has sold more than 250,000 copies across the world, and Shunt, the story of James Hunt, which has sold more than 70,000 copies. More recently, he also wrote White Music, the story of the life of Barry White, and Boy Plunger, the biography of legendary share trader Jesse Livermore.
Rubython specialises in non-fiction storytelling and is passionate and methodical about the process of writing and researching the definitive biography. He starts with a determination to tell the full story of a person's life, emphasising what is important and de-emphasising what is not, the two skills he believes are the crucial tools of any biographer.
Chapter 1 Death – the inevitable outcome – 1984
Chapter 2 Perfect mother, imperfect father – 1899 to 1924
Chapter 3 One birth, one death – 1925 to 1927
Chapter 4 My sister, my mother – 1927 to 1931
Chapter 5 Less than perfect schooldays – 1931
Chapter 6 The fateful meeting as two paths cross – 1943
Chapter 7 A triumphant return to school and on to Oxford – 1942 to 1944
Chapter 8 Navigating the RAF – 1944 to 1947
Chapter 9 Metamorphosis – boy to young actor – 1948
Chapter 10 Wedding No. 1 to Sybil – suddenly a wife – 1949
Chapter 11 Making it as an actor 1947 – 1951
Chapter 12 Family Life with Sybil
Chapter 13 Identical lovers – Claire Bloom and Susan Strasberg
Chapter 14 The summer of '51 – conquering Stratford – 1951
Chapter 15 Sudden transition to Hollywood star – 1951
Chapter 16 Oscar nomination is the catapult to fame – 1952
Chapter 17 Established as Britain's highest paid actor – 1952 to 1962
Chapter 18 Switzerland and tax exile – 1956
Chapter 19 Recreating Camelot for Broadway – 1960
Chapter 20 Cleopatra changes everyone's life – 1961
Chapter 21 The end of Sybil – 1962
Chapter 22 ‘Hamlet' on Broadway – Rescued from mediocrity – 1964
Chapter 23 Wedding No. 2 to Elizabeth Taylor – 1964
Chapter 24 The Dick and Liz Show – 1965
Chapter 25 Hollywood superstar – 1963 to 1973
Chapter 26 Alcohol takes hold – the long descent into oblivion – 1967
Chapter 27 Fabulous wealth, terrible tragedy – 1968
Chapter 28 The Turkey shoot – 1971 to 1974
Chapter 29 Schism with Liz and divorce No. 2 – 1974
Chapter 30 Briefly a single man again – 1974 to 1975
Chapter 31 Remarriage: Wedding No. 3 to Liz Taylor – 1975
Chapter 32 Blinding flash of reality – Suzy arrives in the snow – 1976
Chapter 33 Financial ruin – Liz takes the lot – 1976
Chapter 34 Springtime in New York – Suzy takes her bow – 1976
Chapter 35 Burton buys a new wife from a racing driver – 1976
Chapter 36 Wedding No. 4 – this is now Dick and Suzy – 1976
Chapter 37 Life with Suzy
Chapter 38 Millions beckon for ‘The Wild Geese' – 1978
Chapter 39 Medical catastrophe as the alcohol extracts its price – 1981
Chapter 40 Divorce No. 4 from Suzy – 1981
Chapter 41 Sally's arrival sparks a personal revival – 1982
Chapter 42 Wedding No. 5 to Sally – The final recount – 1983
Chapter 43 The final performance – With Kate on Ellis island – 1984
Chapter 44 The final curtain – a premature goodbye – 1984
Chapter 45 Life after Richard – 1984 to 2011
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