Famous Love Stories

Get an inside look at the love story of Hollywood royalty Liz Taylor and Richard Burton in Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. While Liz had many men, it was Richard she couldn't keep away from, and the relationship that intrigued us all.

They haven't been married long, but Prince William and Kate Middleton are already the stuff of fairy tales. Read about their path to marriage in William and Kate: A Royal Love Story.

I Love Lucy's Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz looked like the picture-perfect couple onscreen, but their real-life marriage wasn't as squeaky clean. Find out more about their relationship's ups and downs in Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

We've always been fascinated with what's been called the greatest love story of the 20th century, the romance between American divorcée Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne for love. Check out The King and Mrs. Simpson: The True Story of the Commoner Who Captured the Heart of a King to learn more about the scandalous love affair, and see their story on the big screen in W.E.

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." Renowned poets Robert and Elizabeth Browning literally wrote their love story in poems for each other that you can swoon over in this book following their romantic tale: Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning.

Once Upon a Time: Behind the Fairy Tale of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier is the story of Hollywood princess Grace Kelly meeting her real-life Prince Charming and the bittersweet marriage that followed.

Dive into the tragic love story of Nobel-Prize-winning scientists Marie and Pierre Curie in Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip have been married 65 years and counting, so if you want to find out the secret to their success read Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Royal Marriage.

The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy gives a glimpse into the loving and at times turbulent marriage of author Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sofia — a relationship also portrayed in the film The Last Station.

Learn about the hot and heavy affair between poet and philosopher Voltaire and married aristocrat Emilie du Châtelet in Passionate Minds: Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment.

Gain further insight into the legendary first couple of Argentina Juan and Eva Peron in Evita, First Lady: A Biography of Evita Peron, the love story featured in the film Evita.

The romance played out in Young Victoria between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert is explored more fully in We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals — a passionate and complicated royal love story.

A Being So Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson follows the courtship and marriage of Rachel and Andrew Jackson during one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.

Discover more about the notorious Queen of the Nile and her deadly dalliance with Antony in Cleopatra: A Life.

From a scandalous affair to a royal marriage, get the scoop on Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles's unorthodox relationship in Charles & Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair.