The Kennedys

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SOME MEN SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE AND
SAY WHY?
I DREAM THINGS THAT NEVER WERE AND
SAY'WHY NOT?'
Long after the assassin's bullets brought an abrupt end to the New Frontier, the magic of the Kennedy name lingers on. But the Story of the Kennedys is not just about individuals; it is the
Story of power, ambition, the Presidency, family, the generational change and obligation, money, sex, narcotics and rehgion. Hollywood could not have invented a more
incredible tale.
From Patrick Kennedy's arrival in Boston in 1849 to the death of David Kennedy from a drug overdose in 1984, THE KENNEDYS explores one of the most important stories of our times, revealing the often shocking truth behind the myths and legends as it dramatically chronicles the fairytale rise-and tragic decline - of a tribal dynasty that became one of the richest, and for a time the most powerful, in the world.
'Immense the authors are fully responsivei^lie extraordinary story, and convey their sense of its... Tovább

Fülszöveg

SOME MEN SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE AND
SAY WHY?
I DREAM THINGS THAT NEVER WERE AND
SAY'WHY NOT?'
Long after the assassin's bullets brought an abrupt end to the New Frontier, the magic of the Kennedy name lingers on. But the Story of the Kennedys is not just about individuals; it is the
Story of power, ambition, the Presidency, family, the generational change and obligation, money, sex, narcotics and rehgion. Hollywood could not have invented a more
incredible tale.
From Patrick Kennedy's arrival in Boston in 1849 to the death of David Kennedy from a drug overdose in 1984, THE KENNEDYS explores one of the most important stories of our times, revealing the often shocking truth behind the myths and legends as it dramatically chronicles the fairytale rise-and tragic decline - of a tribal dynasty that became one of the richest, and for a time the most powerful, in the world.
'Immense the authors are fully responsivei^lie extraordinary story, and convey their sense of its significance with imagination, energy and compassion. It is like reading, or at least understanding, the epic for the first time This will be the standard version of the Kennedy saga for our generation'
HUGH BROGAN, NEW SOCIETY 'A hypnotically fascinating narrative An irresistible epic^ CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, THE NEW YORK TIMES ~ Tt touches a nerve on nearly every |>age' BOB WOODWARD, THE WASHINGTON POST "Eloquently and devastatingly chronicles the'
star-crossed dynasty' j
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