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Exceptionally intelligent and well-written . . . a thumping good read

Bradford has a real grasp of history and the ability to make it spark into new life

Bradford's forte, ever since she was a history-mad girl, is thinking herself into other lives

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

There has not been, nor will there be, a better biography of Jackie

A timely reminder of the contradictory and complicated character of the First Lady . . . a revealing portrait

Sarah Bradford is very good, and very detailed, about the Kennedys. A good biography, and a good history

The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

The definitive biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - a fascinating account of an extraordinary life. Jackie Bouvier's privileged upbringing instilled rigid self-control, while her expedient marriage into the Kennedy clan consolidated her determination. Revealing new testimony from many of the couple's closest friends show the profound complexities both of this very public relationship, including the affairs that threatened it, and of her controversial marriage to Onassis. Here is the private Jackie - neglected wife, vigilant mother, obsessive shopper and working widow - whose fascinating nature is illuminated by all that Bradford has discovered.

'Exceptionally intelligent and well-written ... a thumping good read' - Mail on Sunday

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

America's Queen

The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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