Best biography on jackie kennedy
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There are a few true modern American icons in our history. Born Jacqueline “Jackie” Lee Bouvier to a high-class family in New York, everyone knew Jackie was meant for greatness.
Not only was she the wife, and eventual widow, of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, but she became a household name for many reasons. From her devotion to her family to her pristine fashion sense, her successful book editing to her strength in times of grief, everyone saw themselves in Jackie, and fell in love with her for it.
Her life didn’t stop when Kennedy passed on that fateful day, if anything, she became a symbol of strength. She took care of their children, and grandchildren, remarried her second husband Aristotle Onassis, and la
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In my opinion, one of the best parts about watching a based-on-history TV show or biopic isn&#;t the actual production itself. Instead, it&#;s the black hole I find myself in afterwards, Googling and paging through lists of books I need to read to learn more on the subject.
And after watching Jackie — the breathless, stirring new film starring Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis —I found myself in a hole that lasted a full week. The film artfully captures an especially harrowing period of Onassis&#; life: the days following her husband&#;s assassination. While it could have been a rehashing of things we already know, this movie gives new insight into the former First Lady&#;s life and legacy — and it also left me wanting to know everything I could about the Kennedy family.
As the credits rolled and I walked to the subway, I immediately started researching. I wanted to read more about John F. Kennedy as a child, Jackie&#;s later life in book pub
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The definitive biography of Jackie Kennedy, bygd 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