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.
'Bradford has a real grasp of history and the ability to make it spark into new life' Sunday Telegraph
'A masterly biography' Daily Telegraph
'There has not been, nor will there be, a better biography of Jackie' Times Literary Supplement
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Exceptionally intelligent and well-written . . . a thumping good read * Daily Mail * 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 * 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 * There has not been, nor will there be, a better biography of Jackie * Times Literary Supplement * The definitive biography -- Anthony Howard * Sunday Times * A masterly biography * Daily Telegraph * A timely reminder of the contradictory and complicated character of the First Lady . . . a revealing portrait * Daily Mail * Sarah Bradford is very good, and very detailed, about the Kennedys. A good biography, and a good history * Evening Standard *
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978-0-14-193161-6 (9780141931616)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
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.
