In Her Sister's Shadow: An Intimate Biography of Lee Radziwill

DuBois, Diana

ISBN 10: 0316187534 / ISBN 13: 9780316187534

Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1995

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Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [12], 414, [6] p. Notes on Sources. Bibliography. Index. Caroline Lee Bouvier (born March 3, 1933) is an American socialite, public relations executive, interior decorator, and former actress. She is the younger sister of the late First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy. Born in Southampton, New York, Caroline Lee Bouvier, named "Lee" after her maternal grandfather James T. Lee, is the daughter of stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III and socialite Janet Norton Lee. Lee has been married three times. Her first marriage, in April 1953, was to Michael Canfield, a publishing executive who had been adopted as an infant by the American publisher Cass Canfield. Caroline and Canfield divorced in 1959, and the marriage was annulled in November 1962. Her second marriage, on March 19, 1959, was to the Polish prince Stanis aw Albrecht Radziwi . Their marriage ended in divorce in 1974. She worked briefly as an interior decorator, as well, in a style much influenced by her association with Mongiardino. Good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling. Some sticker residue on front of DJ. Some spine weakness restrengthened with glue. First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Seller Inventory # 71340

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Title: In Her Sister's Shadow: An Intimate ...

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Even before the days of Camelot, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was a difficult act to follow - and no one felt this more than her charming, pretty, younger sister. As Diana DuBois demonstrates in this unauthorized biography, the patterns of sibling competition formed in childhood would subtly influence Lee Radziwill throughout her life. Never quite as graceful in the spotlight as Jackie, Lee made up the difference with glitter and glamour, finding husbands, relationships and lovers among the international jet set. She was first married to Michael Canfield, rumoured to be the bastard child of British royalty, then to Prince Stanislas Radziwill - real royalty in exile - and finally to director Herbert Ross. From New York and London to the capitals and sun spots of Europe, Lee has lived at the pinnacle of style, with friends such as Diana Vreeland, Rudolf Nureyev, Andy Warhol, Leslie Caron, Truman Capote, Richard Meier and, of course, the Kennedys. Perhaps most telling, Aristotle Onassis was Lee's conquest - until the day she invited her sister along for a sail on his yacht. One theme has underscored all the dazzle: Lee's jealous rivalry with her stunning sister, from childhood in East Hampton to high-profile adulthood. This book is a portrait of a woman living too close to a legend, and never quite becoming one herself.