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This autumn The Times is serialising an unparalleled range of books. As well as biographies of some of the most important figures of the 20th century, we feature here America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Sarah Bradford.
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The Collection began with a serialisation of Ian Kershaw's biography of Hitler followed by the second volume of Alan Clark's Diaries, and the Midnight Diaries by Boris Yeltsin. Forthcoming titles include the The Ashdown Diaries, Volume One 1988-1997.
America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Sarah Bradford
Author profile
Sarah Bradford is a historian and biographer. She is the bestselling author of several biographies including Disraeli, selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; George VI, Princess Grace, and The New York Times bestseller Elizabeth.
Synopsis
This biography includes in-depth interviews
with Jackie's sister Lee Radziwill, and previously unseen
photographs from family sources. New testimonies from friends reveal
the complexities of her very public relationship with JFK and her
later marriage to Aristotle Onassis. Here is the private Jackie -
wife, mother, and working widow - a woman who fascinated the world,
from her introduction as "debutante of the year" in 1947 to her
untimely death in 1994.
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