America's queen : the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Bradford, Sarah, 1938-2001
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Complete with rare and unseen photographs from the private collections of Jackie's friends and family, this volume presents the woman behind the public persona - a calculating yet loving friend and mother, a human being of outstanding courage.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.
Main title:
America's queen : the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis / Sarah Bradford.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2001.
Collation:
xii, 690p., [34]p. of plates : ill., facsim., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Viking, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (p. 649-661) and index.
Contents:
Golden Gatsby years; daddy's little girl; the education of a nymph; the daring young man on the flying trapeze; clan initiation; twin icebergs; seeking the golden fleece; queen of the circus; coronation; the house of the sun king; America's queen; salad days; rendezvous with death; profile in courage; the knights of Camelot; la dolce vita; Odysseus; "one foolish dream"; the curse of the House of Onassis; Greek labyrinth; New York - new life; private lives; matriarch; pilgrim's end; and so farewell; epilogue.
ISBN:
9780140264104 (pbk)
Dewey class:
973.922092
Language:
English
Related title:
America's queen [electronic resource] : the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
BRN:
158455
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