Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch - Hardcover

Barbara Perry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393068951 ISBN 13: 9780393068955

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 2013

Synopsis

Training her eye on traits that other biographers have neglected and mining newly released diaries and letters, Barbara Perry captures Rose Kennedy's genuine contributions to her family's political dynasty. Rose's perfectionism created a family image that resonated in the political arena and new twentieth-century media. A socialite at her husband's side in pre-war London, she became an effective campaigner at home, reaching voters that Jack, Bobby and Teddy could not. For the first time, we see a complete portrait of Rose that adds depth and dimension to her legend. A stoic, devout presence in public, Rose sought solace from personal tragedies in compulsive shopping, travel and self-medication. Rose Kennedy is an unequalled book about a remarkable woman who nurtured an image that masked her family's inconvenient truths.

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About the Author

Barbara A. Perry is a senior fellow in presidential oral history at the University of Virgina's Miller Center in Charlottesville. She is the author of Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393068951
• ISBN 13: 9780393068955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384