Synopses & Reviews
Drawing on new primary sources, this biography is the first to detail the influence of British history, literature, and culture'"in particular, the ideas of Winston Churchill'"on America's thirty-fifth president. For the first time we trace the friendships and forces that led to the White House and shaped Kennedy's actions there. In this intimate portrait of a leader torn between politics and principle, we finally come to know the man Kennedy wanted to be and to understand his long, private struggle to become that man.
Synopsis
Drawing on new primary sources, this biography is the first to detail the influence of British history, literature, and culture--in particular, the ideas of Winston Churchill--on America's thirty-fifth president. For the first time we trace the friendships and forces that led to the White House and shaped Kennedy's actions there. In this intimate portrait of a leader torn between politics and principle, we finally come to know the man Kennedy wanted to be and to understand his long, private struggle to become that man.
Synopsis
From the author of the critically acclaimed "Orson Welles" and the "New York Times" bestseller "Katharine Hepburn" comes the enthralling, previously untold story of the friendships and forces that shaped the Kennedy presidency.
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"An absorbing and enjoyable book."--New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Author of the critically acclaimed Orson Wellesand the New York Timesbestseller Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Leaminghas also written for Vanity Fairand the New York Times Magazine.