In 1999, Jane Hawking (the former wife of Stephen Hawking), released her 610-page memoir, Music to Move the Stars, and, in it, she recounts some of the darkest moments from her marriage to the genius. She describes Stephen Hawking as an "all-powerful emperor" and "masterful puppeteer" because of his incredibly large ego and the degree of control he exercised over not only their relationship but also on most of those around him. She also records the relationship between Stephen and his nurse, Elaine Mason, whom he would later marry, as well as her own affair with Jonathan Hellyer-Jones, whom she would also go on to marry, as well.
This account doesn't really jibe with the love story portrayed in the 2014 movie, which stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones as Stephen and Jane Hawking. Instead, The Theory of Everythingcenters on their romance along with Stephen's genius and physical degeneration. The film primarily shows the two as a unit oriented against the world; it glosses over their mutual affairs; and it says nothing about the intense and well-documented abuse that Elaine has been accused of perpetuating against Stephen.