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Carregando... The Other Mrs. Kennedy: Ethel Skakel Kennedy : An American Drama of Power, Privilege, and Politicsde Jerry Oppenheimer
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Not sure what the author's purpose was for writing this book. If he was looking to totally place his subject in the worse possible light then he definitely succeeded. Every single sentence in this book detracts from Ethel Kennedy's character. Not one good thing is said about her. The trouble is...I'm inclined to believe much of what was written. ( ) There are biographies that are critical of their subject and tehn there are biographies that are hatchet jobs. This book about Ethel Kennedy is in the latter category.I'm not quite sure why the author is so full of venom against Bobby Kennedy's widow, but no piece of malicious gossip or incident of scandal is too small to be dwelled on in great detail. Even thought I'm not a big Kennedy fan, the depth of the author's hatred for his subject made me sympathetic towards her and also made me lon to tell the author just to shut up already. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
America possesses indelible images of Ethel Skakel Kennedy: the vivacious political partner vigorously campaigning next to her ambitious husband; an American madonna, surrounded by her brood of eleven children; most poignant, a grief-stricken wife cradling her husband's head as he lay mortally wounded.
Unlike her glamorous sister-in-law Jackie, Ethel felt a compulsive need to prove herself "more Kennedy than thou." Because of her unrelenting loyalty, she played a starring role in the clan's triumphs and tragedies, from Camelot to California, Chappaquiddick to Palm Beach.
Ethel, like the Kennedys, had a destructive streak traceable to her roots. For The Other Mrs. Kennedy also is the story of her own wealthy, star-crossed Irish Catholic family, the Skakels: a gothic tale of alcoholism, adultery, arson, and even suspected murder. The dark heritage would be passed on by Ethel to some of her children, whose lives reeled out of control, sparking even more heartbreak and controversy.
Manipulative, ruthless, and cunning where the clan's interests are concerned, Ethel has maintained a devotion to Bobby's memory that is obsessive. She is a woman with enormous clout, and her wrath has been felt at the highest levels of Washington's power elite.
Jerry Oppenheimer has conducted literally hundreds of interviews with family members, friends, and political associates to paint a very intimate portrait of Ethel Skakel Kennedy and the life she has made for herself without the man she loved, the man who might have been President. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)973.922092History and Geography North America United States 1901- Eisenhower Through Clinton Administrations J.F. Kennedy BiographyClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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