Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis : A Life

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st.UK Edition . ". In Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis:A Life, Donald Spoto separates her from the many legends, the gossip, and the plain untruths that have obscured Jackie's life. Based on the author's unprecedented access to a wealth of new material gleaned from her own writings; from documents at the schools she attended; from the archives of the John F Kennedy Library; and from interviews with those who knew her best, this book offers astonishing revelations about every period of Jackie's life-from her marriages to the president of the United States and to the richest man in the world, to her remarkable and exciting career (which spanned a third of her lifetime). There are, as well, dramatic new details concerning Jackie's influence on the policies of the Kennedy administration, especially in the areas of nuclear disarmament and civil rights. In light of fresh disclosures about John F Kennedy's medical history, Spoto also offers the first coherent account of Jackie's marriage to the president -its trials, its distress, its complexity, and its historic significance. 348p. plates plates index.