America's Queen

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

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), America’s Queen- The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (2000), Lucrezia Borgia (2005) and Diana (2007). She frequently appears on television as an authority on her biographical subjects and as a commentator on notable royal events. She lives in London.

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