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Mrs Kennedy

Mrs Kennedy

by Barbara Leaming (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

At John F Kennedy's election his wife Jackie was relatively unknown. By the time of his assassination in November 1963 she had become a force to be reckoned with. Using newly released sources in the US as well as making discoveries elsewhere including in Britain, Leaming paints a fascinating new portrait not only of Mrs Kennedy, but also of the President. She shows how Mrs Kennedy's friendship with the British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, enhanced the Special Relationship between the US and UK and includes revealing, never before published letters between Mrs Kennedy and Macmillan. Above all there is the woman herself: how much did she know of her husband's philandering? What was their marriage like? All this and much more is the heart of Barbara Leaming's excellent new biography.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 04 Jul 2002
ISBN 10: 0752849298
ISBN 13: 9780752849294
Book Overview: A superb biography revealing the tumultuous day-to-day life of a woman fighting for her survival, her marriage and her husband's presidency The Kennedys still attract a huge amount of public interest worldwide - major serialisation in the DAILY MAIL on hardback publication 'Insightful and astute...a rending caution about the tragedies of power and celebrity' OBSERVER 'Casts new light on the Kennedy years...Leaming's book is a remarkable help in reading between the lines of one of the most sensational, mysterious and scandalous periods in history' GLASGOW HERALD 'The clearest picture ever painted of [the Kennedys'] deeply troubled marriage' DAILY MAIL 'A perceptive and well written book' SPECTATOR 'The most complex, subtle and satisfying account of Jacqueline Kennedy to date' IRISH INDEPENDENT

Author Bio
Barbara Leaming is one of America's premier biographers. With the help of Orson Welles she was the first to write a serious biography of this noted director and actor. Her other subjects include Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth, Katharine Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy. She is married and lives in Connecticut.