America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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From Britain's best Royal biographer comes the definitive account of 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.

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.

Exceptionally intelligent and well-written ... a thumping good read Daily Mail Bradford has a real grasp of history and the ability to make it spark into new life -- Anne Chisholm Sunday Telegraph Bradford's forte, ever since she was a history-mad girl, is thinking herself into other lives Daily Telegraph 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 Guardian There has not been, nor will there be, a better biography of Jackie Times Literary Supplement The definitive biography -- Anthony Howard Sunday Times A masterly biography Daily Telegraph A timely reminder of the contradictory and complicated character of the First Lady ... a revealing portrait Daily Mail Sarah Bradford is very good, and very detailed, about the Kennedys. A good biography, and a good history Evening Standard