GRACE AND POWER

作者: Sally Bedell Smith 著

出版社: Random House US

出版时间: 2005-05

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780345480828

定价: 173.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 608页

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITEHOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally BedellSmith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleledaccess and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates,including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on lettersand personal papers made available for the first time, Smith paintsa richly detailed picture of the personal relationships behind thehigh purpose and poiltical drama of the twentieth century's moststoried presidency.
  At the dawn of the 1960s, a forty-three-year-old president and histhirty-one-year-old first lady – the youngest couple ever to occupythe White House – captivated the world with their easy elegance andtheir cool conviction that anything was possible. Jack and JackieKennedy gathered around them an intensely loyal and brillantcoterie of intellectuals, journalists, diplomats, internationaljet-setters and artists. Perhaps as never before, Washington wassharply divided between the “ins” and the “outs.”
  In his public life, JFK created a New Frontier, stared down theSoviets, and devoted himself to his wife and children. As firstlady, Jackie mesmerized foreign leaders and the American peoplewith her style and sophistication, creating a White House renownedfor its beauty and culture. Smith brilliantly recreates theglamorous pageant of the Kennedy years, as well as the dailytexture of the Kennedys’ marriage, friendships, politicalassociations, and, in Jack’s case, multiple love affairs.
  Smith’s striking revelations include new information about whatdrew Jack to his numerous mistresses – and what effects therelationships ultimately had on the women; about the rivalries andresentments among Kennedy’s advisers; and about the poignant daysbefore and after Kennedy’s assassination.
  Smith has fashioned a vivid and nuanced portrait not only of twoextraordinary individuals but of a new age that sprang to lifearound them. Shimmering with intelligence and detail, GRACE ANDPOWER is history at its finest.
  From the Hardcover edition. SALLY BEDELL SMITH is the author of bestsellingbiographies of William S. Paley, Pamela Churchill Harriman, andPrincess Diana. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair since1996, she previously worked at Time and The New YorkTimes, where she was a cultural news reporter. She lives inWashington, D.C., with her husband, Stephen. They have three grownchildren.
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In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITEHOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally BedellSmith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleledaccess and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates,including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on lettersand personal papers made available for the first time, Smith paintsa richly detailed picture of the personal relationships behind thehigh purpose and poiltical drama of the twentieth century's moststoried presidency.
  At the dawn of the 1960s, a forty-three-year-old president and histhirty-one-year-old first lady – the youngest couple ever to occupythe White House – captivated the world with their easy elegance andtheir cool conviction that anything was possible. Jack and JackieKennedy gathered around them an intensely loyal and brillantcoterie of intellectuals, journalists, diplomats, internationaljet-setters and artists. Perhaps as never before, Washington wassharply divided between the “ins” and the “outs.”
  In his public life, JFK created a New Frontier, stared down theSoviets, and devoted himself to his wife and children. As firstlady, Jackie mesmerized foreign leaders and the American peoplewith her style and sophistication, creating a White House renownedfor its beauty and culture. Smith brilliantly recreates theglamorous pageant of the Kennedy years, as well as the dailytexture of the Kennedys’ marriage, friendships, politicalassociations, and, in Jack’s case, multiple love affairs.
  Smith’s striking revelations include new information about whatdrew Jack to his numerous mistresses – and what effects therelationships ultimately had on the women; about the rivalries andresentments among Kennedy’s advisers; and about the poignant daysbefore and after Kennedy’s assassination.
  Smith has fashioned a vivid and nuanced portrait not only of twoextraordinary individuals but of a new age that sprang to lifearound them. Shimmering with intelligence and detail, GRACE ANDPOWER is history at its finest.
  From the Hardcover edition.
作者简介:
SALLY BEDELL SMITH is the author of bestsellingbiographies of William S. Paley, Pamela Churchill Harriman, andPrincess Diana. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair since1996, she previously worked at Time and The New YorkTimes, where she was a cultural news reporter. She lives inWashington, D.C., with her husband, Stephen. They have three grownchildren.

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