Purchase
A Love Story
Atria
July 2009
On Sale: July 14, 2009
240 pages
ISBN: 1416556249
EAN: 9781416556244
Hardcover
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction Biography
From the New York Times bestselling
author of American Legacy, RFK, and A Woman
Named Jackie, an in-depth look at the much talked-about
-- but never fully revealed -- relationship between Jackie
Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy
Few writers
have immersed themselves in the world of the Kennedys as
completely or successfully as C. David Heymann, whose
biographies of Jackie, Robert, John F. Kennedy Jr., and
Caroline together have sold millions of copies and have shed
light on the private lives of the most prominent members of
this iconic American family. Now he draws on more than two
decades' worth of personal interviews, as well as previously
unavailable reports and briefs from the Secret Service and
the FBI, to create a complete picture of the complex
relationship that existed between two of the most heralded
figures of the twentieth century. Americans have long been
fascinated by the rumored love affair between Jackie Kennedy
and Bobby Kennedy. With Bobby and Jackie they will
finally get more than a glimpse of their emotional and
romantic connection. An open secret for decades among family
insiders, their affair began as a result of their shared
grief over the assassination of the president in 1963 and
lasted until Bobby began his run for the Demo-cratic
presidential nomination in 1968. Readers will gain
behind-closed-doors access to Bobby and Jackie's liaison,
from late-night trysts at Jackie's Fifth Avenue apartment to
fervent embraces at the Kennedy estate in Palm Beach. They
will also learn more about the deep friendship that grew out
of the couple's shared tragedies, their family loyalty, and
their overflowing ambition. It was "perhaps the most
normal relationship either one ever had," Truman Capote
observed. "In retrospect, it seems hard to believe that it
happened, but it did." Poignant, illuminating, and
enormously entertaining, Bobby and Jackie is a
glorious account of a legendary romance.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy