This is the story of the actress who became a Hollywood legend by winning the coveted role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, and whose circle included both theatrical and political celebrities, from Winston Churchill to Noel Coward, John Gielgud, and Marlon Brando. But behind the dazzling exterior lay the sinister shadow of another Vivien Leigh-a shadow which pursued her throughout her aristocratic upbringing, her frustrating first marriage, her tempestuous romance with Laurence Olivier, and her meteoric rise to stardom. As The New York Times wrote of the hardcover edition, "To read her story is to be inspired with pity and terror."
- ISBN10 034023024X
- ISBN13 9780340230244
- Publish Date 1 November 1985 (first published 1 January 1977)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 19 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hodder Arnold
- Imprint Teach Yourself Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336
- Language English