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Mrs. Kennedy

The Missing History of the Kennedy Years

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Mrs. Kennedy

By: Barbara Leaming
Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
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New York Times bestselling author Barbara Leaming answers the question: What was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency? Here for the first time is the full story of the extravagant interplay of sex and politics that constitutes one of modern history's most spectacular dramas.

Drawing from recently declassified top-secret material, as well as revelatory eyewitness accounts, Secret Service records, and Jacqueline Kennedy's personal letters, bestselling biographer Barbara Leaming answers the question: what was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency? Brilliantly researched, Leaming's poignant and powerful chronicle illuminates the tumultuous day-to-day life of a woman who entered the White House at age thirty-one, seven years into a complex and troubled marriage, and left at thirty-four after her husband's assassination. Revealing the full story of the interplay of sex and politics in Washington, Mrs. Kennedy will indelibly challenge our vision of this fascinating woman, and bring a new perspective to her crucial role in the Kennedy presidency.

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Insightful Biography • Well-researched Content • Good Narration • Revealing Perspective • Fascinating Details

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Well worth listening. I have read a lot about JBO, but there was a great deal here that was new. I will listen to this book again.

Fresh insights

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Excellent book! Whole new view of the season of JFK and his wife Jackie. Use of released notes of Secret Service provides a whole new version of history.

Detailed review of the Kennedy

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Had to keep rewinding to catch everything, Was hard to keep track of events and people at times.

Sad story

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Well-researched, -written, thorough, and intriguing book on Jackie’s sad life. I remember my beloved, very moral, Catholic maternal grandmother having a framed picture of JFK next to a picture of Jesus Christ. Had she known the content of this book, she would have burned the picture of JFK. As an independent woman, it was difficult for me to hear of another woman, Jackie, who had so little self-worth. Nevertheless, a very interesting & juicy book. The one deducted star is because of the narrator’s tiresome voice.

In-Depth View of Jackie’s Kennedy-Related Life & JFK’s Infidelity

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Mrs, Kennedy was such a complex individual, I don’t think anyone Could completely describe and dissect her personality. This has some new information. The narrator was a little annoying with her Degaulle and McMillan voices, but not overly so. The book fills some gaps in our knowledge of this fascinating woman, but she still has an aura of the mysterious, even long after her death….but isn’t that the point.

Some new information

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