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America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Sarah Bradford
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Description for America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Paperback. Jackie Bouvier's privileged upbringing instilled rigid self-control, while her expedient marriage into the Kennedy clan consolidated her determination. This book deals with private Jackie - neglected wife, vigilant mother, obsessive shopper and working widow. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 546.
The definitive biography of Jackie Kennedy, by Britain's best royal biographer
Jackie Kennedy was a twentieth-century icon of glamour, elegance and grace. As the beautiful young wife of President John F. Kennedy, she was adored, her style imitated across the world.
But beneath the perfection of her public life lay contradiction, passion, and, all to often, tragedy. Sarah Bradford's brilliant new biography not only gives a fascinating account of her time with JFK, but also of her life after his assassination in 1963, in all its colour and controversy.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241967430
SKU
V9780241967430
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99-2
About Sarah Bradford
Sarah Bradford is a historian and biographer. Her books include Cesare Borgia (1976), Disraeli (1982), winner of the New York Times Book of the Year, Princess Grace (1984), Sacherevell Sitwell (1993), Elizabeth: A Biography of Her Majesty the Queen (1996), America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (2000), Lucrezia Borgia (2005) and Diana (2007). She frequently appears on television as an authority on her biographical subjects and as a commentator on notable royal events. She lives in London.
Reviews for America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
There has not been, nor will there be, a better biography of Jackie
Times Literary Supplement
Exceptionally intelligent and well-written . . . a thumping good read
Daily Mail
The definitive biography
Anthony Howard
Sunday Times
A timely reminder of the contradictory and complicated character of the First Lady . . . a revealing portrait
Daily Mail
Long before Diana Spencer, Jacqueline Kennedy was the world's ultimate fantasy princess . . . In public, at JFK's side, Jackie's air of breathless sophistication, her chic cultural warmth complemented [him] perfectly. In private she could be softly malicious . . . scurrilously funny, and full of the entertaining intolerance of those who are young, rich, beautiful . . . a lucid, well-written new biography
Guardian
A masterly biography
Daily Telegraph
Sarah Bradford is very good, and very detailed, about the Kennedys. A good biography, and a good history
Evening Standard
Bradford has a real grasp of history and the ability to make it spark into new life
Anne Chisholm
Sunday Telegraph
Bradford's forte, ever since she was a history-mad girl, is thinking herself into other lives
Daily Telegraph
Times Literary Supplement
Exceptionally intelligent and well-written . . . a thumping good read
Daily Mail
The definitive biography
Anthony Howard
Sunday Times
A timely reminder of the contradictory and complicated character of the First Lady . . . a revealing portrait
Daily Mail
Long before Diana Spencer, Jacqueline Kennedy was the world's ultimate fantasy princess . . . In public, at JFK's side, Jackie's air of breathless sophistication, her chic cultural warmth complemented [him] perfectly. In private she could be softly malicious . . . scurrilously funny, and full of the entertaining intolerance of those who are young, rich, beautiful . . . a lucid, well-written new biography
Guardian
A masterly biography
Daily Telegraph
Sarah Bradford is very good, and very detailed, about the Kennedys. A good biography, and a good history
Evening Standard
Bradford has a real grasp of history and the ability to make it spark into new life
Anne Chisholm
Sunday Telegraph
Bradford's forte, ever since she was a history-mad girl, is thinking herself into other lives
Daily Telegraph