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Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story
Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story
Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story
Audiobook7 hours

Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story

Written by C. David Heymann

Narrated by Dick Hill

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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About this audiobook

Few writers have immersed themselves in the world of the Kennedys as completely or successfully as C. David Heymann, whose biographies of Jackie, Robert, John F. Kennedy, Jr., and Caroline together have sold millions of copies and have shed light on the private lives of the most prominent members of this iconic American family. Now he draws on more than two decades' worth of personal interviews, as well as previously unavailable reports and briefs from the Secret Service and the FBI, to create a complete picture of the complex relationship that existed between two of the most heralded figures of the twentieth century.

Americans have long been fascinated by the rumored love affair between Jackie Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy. With Bobby and Jackie they will finally get more than a glimpse of their emotional and romantic connection. An open secret for decades among family insiders, their affair began as a result of their shared grief over the assassination of the president in 1963 and lasted until Bobby began his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968.

Audiences will gain behind-closed-doors access to Bobby and Jackie's liaison, from late-night trysts at Jackie's Fifth Avenue apartment to fervent embraces at the Kennedy estate in Palm Beach. They will also learn more about the deep friendship that grew out of the couple's shared tragedies, their family loyalty, and their overflowing ambition.

It was "perhaps the most normal relationship either one ever had," Truman Capote observed. "In retrospect, it seems hard to believe that it happened, but it did." Poignant, illuminating, and enormously entertaining, Bobby and Jackie is a glorious account of a legendary romance.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 28, 2009
ISBN9781400184224
Author

C. David Heymann

C. David Heymann (1945-2012) is the author of several New York Times bestselling biographies, including Bobby and Jackie, American Legacy, The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club, and RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy. He lived in Manhattan.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Sounds like a cool story but the narrator sounds robotic and the volume is way too low
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The author of 'A Woman Named Jackie' tells the untold story of brother and sister in law, Bobby Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Heymann addresses many pressing rumors about the relationship of Bobby and Jackie during and after JFK's run in office. With intimate photographs and anecdotes, clarity is shared through first person accounts and interviews.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    again one of those overlong magazine articles made into a book but I am drawn to the people in the limelight of my youth
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    heymann is not a well thought of biographer but this rang true to me. an interesting portrayal of both characters. men loved and lusted after jackie. bobby seemed to fascinate women. great reader. i borrow books that he has read.