Jackie: Her Transformation from First Lady to Jackie

by Paul Brandus

Overview

The world was shocked when Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis in 1968. It would not have been so surprising had the truth of their relationship—which dated back to the 1950s—been known. Jackie knew Ari almost as long as she had known John F. Kennedy—and saw qualities in him (besides money) that she found highly attractive.

The five years between her marriages to JFK and Onassis are often overlooked. But it was an incredible period of growth and change for Jackie. How did the world's most famous woman remain so enigmatic? What was she really like? This book reveals the real Jackie, the one that hid behind her trademark large sunglasses.

In this book, you'll learn about:
• Jackie's lovers—and the one man she regretted not marrying
• The secret, second burial of JFK
• Her evolution from "political wife Jackie" into "nightclubbing, party girl Jackie"
• Her own near death in 1967
• Her influence on pop art, fashion, and design

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162955689
Publisher:	Post Hill Press
Publication date:	08/25/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	938,647
File size:	998 KB

About the Author

A speaker at seven presidential libraries, a columnist for USA Today and, for the last decade, one of the most followed journalists in the White House press corps—with more than 380,000 Twitter followers (@WestWingReport), Paul Brandus is the author of two books on the White House and presidency: Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency (Lyons Press, 2015) and This Day in Presidential History (Bernan Press, 2017). Brandus also distributes television and radio content to clients across the United States and overseas. Called “one of the top Washington journalists you should follow” by The Atlantic, he is also the winner of the Shorty Award for “Best Journalist on Twitter,” sponsored by the Knight Foundation.

Editorial Reviews

How can there still be things to learn about Jackie Kennedy, one of the world's most scrutinized women? Paul Brandus manages to do that by exploring the five years between the death of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis, an event that shocked many who revered her. This dishy, insidery account explains what was happening behind the scenes.

Washington Bureau Chief of USA Today, and author of The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty - Susan Page

Jackie Kennedy was the most private of public figures, yet Paul Brandus has managed to paint a full portrait of her through her most painful years. Widowed at age thirty-four, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy helped a nation mourn the loss of its popular young president with enormous strength and class....Beautifully written, powerful, and deeply moving, this book traces Jackie's evolution from a grief-stricken First Lady to the wife of one of the world's wealthiest men, Aristotle Onassis....

Director of University of Virginias Center for Politics, and author of the New York Times bestseller The Kennedy Half-C - Larry Sabato

We all know Jackie—who saw her come of age in The White House; suffered impossibly with her pain and grief when her husband was gunned down; and then, stunningly, married what appeared to be a most improbable successor. Now, thanks to the unswerving research and graceful, luminous writing of Paul Brandus, this all becomes so much clearer, and in many ways both uplifting and crushing. A monumental work not to be missed on Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, a woman for her time and ours.

former New York Times & CBS News correspondent, author of "A Red Line in the Sand" - David A. Andelman