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In AMERICAN LEGACY bestselling author C. David Heymann draws upon a
voluminous archive of personal interviews to present a telling
portrait of John and Caroline Kennedy. A long-time biographer of
various members of the Kennedy clan, including Jackie and Robert
Kennedy, Heymann covers John's and Caroline's childhood in the
White House, the dark aftermath of their father's assassination,
their uneasy adolescence, and the many challenges they faced as
adults, all under the glaring eye of the media. He reveals John's
and Caroline's loving but at times trying relationship with their
larger-than-life mother, as well as Jackie's own emotional
struggles, romantic relationships, and financial concerns following
JFK's death. Utterly compelling and full of new and fascinating
details, AMERICAN LEGACY overturns much of what we thought we knew
about two of the most publicized members of the Kennedy family.
Elizabeth Taylor's own story was more dramatic than any part she
ever played on the screen. C. David Heymann brings her
magnificently to life in this acclaimed biography--updated with a
new chapter covering her final years.
She was an icon, one of the most watched, photographed, and
gossiped-about personalities of our time. Child star, daughter of a
controlling stage mother, Oscar-winning actress, seductress and
eight-time wife, mother of four children and grandmother of ten,
champion of funding for AIDS research, purveyor of perfumes and
jewelry, close friend of celebrities and tycoons--Elizabeth Taylor,
for almost eight decades, played most completely, beautifully,
cunningly, flamboyantly, and scandalously her greatest role of all:
herself.
The basis of an Emmy Award-nominated miniseries, "Liz" portrays
Taylor's life and career in fascinating, revealing detail and
includes an additional new chapter, bringing her beloved fans up to
date on her final years. By way of more than a thousand interviews
with stars, directors, producers, designers, friends, family,
business associates, and employees and through extensive research
among previously disclosed court, business, medical, and studio
documents, bestselling author Heymann reminds readers of her very
public escapades and unveils her most private moments.
Here are the highs and lows of her film career and the intimate
circumstances of her marriages to Nicky Hilton, Michael Wilding,
Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton, Senator John Warner, and
Larry Fortensky. Here, too, is the truth about Taylor's father and
her friendships with leading men Montgomery Clift, James Dean, and
Rock Hudson, as well as with the eccentric Malcolm Forbes and
Michael Jackson. From her illnesses, injuries, weight issues, and
battles against drug and alcohol, to her sexual exploits,
diamond-studded adventures, and tumultuous love affairs, this is
the enormously contradictory and glamorous life of Hollywood's last
great star.
Few writers have immersed themselves in the world of the Kennedys
as completely or successfully as C. David Heymann, whose Jackie
Kennedy Onassis biography, "A Woman Named Jackie," reached #1 on
the "New York Times" bestseller list, sold more than a million
copies in hardcover, and was hailed by "People" as the Best Book of
1989. Now he draws on his impressive list of sources and impeccable
insight to reveal the truth behind one of the most tantalizing
relationships in American history.
Readers have long been fascinated by the rumored love affair
between Jackie Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy. With "Bobby and Jackie,"
they will finally get behind-closed-doors access to the emotional
connection between these two legendary figures. An open secret for
decades among Kennedy insiders, their affair emerges from the
shadows in an illuminating book that only the author of "The
Georgetown Ladies' Social Club" and "American Legacy" could
produce. This is the book that readers will be talking about for
years to come.
In this riveting book--a heady mix of politics, sex, scandal, and
power--Heymann reveals the real moguls of Washington. "The
Georgetown Ladies' Social Club," a term coined by Ronald Reagan,
comprises a list of formidable and fascinating women.
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