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From Sarah Bradford, Britain's best Royal
biographer comes America's Queen, 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' Daily
Mail
'There has not been, nor will there be, a
better biography of Jackie' TLS
'Lucid,
well-written. Long before Diana Spencer, Jacqueline
Kennedy was the world's ultimate fantasy princess'
Guardian
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),
Lucrezia Borgia (2005), Diana (2007) and
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Our Times (2011).
She frequently appears on television as an authority on
her biographical subjects and as a commentator on
notable royal events. She is currently working on a full
scale biography of Queen Victoria. She lives in
London.
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