Roger Lewis

What prompted Vivien Leigh’s dark journey into madness?

Did her many miscarriages so unhinge the beautiful actress that she ended up a sex-crazed harridan, screaming obscenities at those she loved?

Vivien Leigh in her mid-twenties [Getty Images]
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  • Where Madness Lies: The Double Life of Vivien Leigh

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    History Press, pp. 256, £22

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