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The Kennedys


Cover art for JACKIE AS EDITOR
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 4, 2011

"Chatty without being vulgar, a deeply admiring portrait of a lady the world is just now getting to know."
One of Jacqueline Onassis's authors dishes kindly on her impressive editorial record. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE KENNEDY LEGACY
NONFICTION
Released: April 28, 2009

"A short but well-told overview."
Washington Post news editor and features writer Bzdek (Woman of the House: The Rise of Nancy Pelosi, 2007) recasts the brothers' famous story in four acts, as each picks up the torch in the aftermath of tragedy. Read full book review >
Cover art for LAST LION
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 17, 2009

"A balanced, nuanced, warts-and-all portrait."
A respectful but not stuffy portrait of Edward Kennedy, the playboy of legendary appetites turned senior statesman. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE LAST CAMPAIGN
NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2008

"Generous without being slavish, beautifully capturing Kennedy's passion and dignity."
Tremendously moving chronicle of Bobby Kennedy's 1968 run for president. Read full book review >
Cover art for FORTY WAYS TO LOOK AT JFK
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2005

"Fascinating presentation of what, for most Americans, made Kennedy who he was."
The 1,037 days of Camelot and the life preordained to produce it. What was real, and what wasn't? Read full book review >
Cover art for MRS. KENNEDY
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 12, 2001

"Admirably detailed, stunningly successful, and likely to become the definitive biography of the Kennedy marriage, with all the intimacy and international scope implied."
The famously private Mrs. Kennedy has met her match and is herein revealed--along with her husband and his administration--respectfully but thoroughly, by an author possessed. Read full book review >