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Bezig met laden... Jackie: Public, Private, Secretdoor J. Randy Taraborrelli
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"From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling look at the life of the legendary former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers over a thirty-year period-as well as previously unreleased material from the JFK Library-Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli paints an unforgettable new portrait of a woman whose flaws and contradictions only serve to make her even more iconic. "I have three lives," Jackie told a former lover, "public, private and secret." In this revealing biography, readers will become intimately familiar with all three. New insights from the book include: · Jackie's cold feet before her wedding to Jack Kennedy and her secret plan to avoid moving into the White House with him. · Jackie's plan to meet with the woman with whom her husband, Aristotle Onassis, was again having an affair, Maria Callas...and why, in the end, she decided against it. · The truth about the nude photos of Jackie which scandalized her in the 1970s...and which family member had betrayed her by selling them. · Her unusual relationship with Maurice Templesman, which was never what outsiders believed it to be. · The never-before-reported, last-ditch efforts to save Jackie's life with experimental cancer treatments, and the doctor who wouldn't risk jail time in order to treat her. Twenty-nine years after her death and sixty years after the assassination of President Kennedy, Jackie delivers the last word on one of the most famous women in the world"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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She was very self- absorbed, choosing only men who had great wealth. When she discovered the architect , Jack Warnecke, with whom she had a long-term relationship, and who helped design the ambiance of her husband, slain Jack Kennedy's burial plot at Arlington National cemetery, was deeply in debt, she immediately stopped seeing him. Even though their relationship was a long-term romantic one, she refused to see him when he confessed he was eight million dollars in dept. Never mind that much of that debt was a result of providing her with very expensive dinners and vacations,
Marrying Aristotle Onasssis, the Greek tycoon who was one of the richest men in the world, she was financially well taken care of. Even he, was chagrinned at the vast amounts of money she went through in one shopping trip. Their relationship became quite cantankerous and she was given a hefty settlement when the divorce details were negotiated.
Relationships were always problematic for Jackie. Often jealous, she thought nothing of curtailing long-term relationships and moving on to another. While there was love between she and her mother, and the Kennedy family, she had her share of arguments with all of them.
Dynamic, stylistic, well-known for her pill box hats and the clothes designed by Oleg Cassini, she became known for her class and sense of design.
There were many relationships after Jack Kenney, but none as special as her love of the President. Close to her sister, still their relationship was mercurial. Her mother had a great impact on her life, and it was her mother who steered her into the high life and selfishness.
Cancer was discovered in 1984. After a valiant attempt to survive, she died on the night of May 19, 1994. She is buried by her husband and two children who sadly died shortly after birth.
Highly recommended, 4.5 stars ( )