The House of Kennedy
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4.0 • 232 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Now with an all-new bonus chapter—in the bestselling The House of Kennedy, “James Patterson applies his writerly skills to real-life history . . . re-telling the political clan’s rise and fall and rise again (and fall again) with novelistic style” (People).
The Kennedys have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel, living by the dual family mottos: "To whom much is given, much is expected" and "Win at all costs." And they do—but at a price.
Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have occupied a unique place in the American imagination: charmed, cursed, at once familiar and unknowable. The House of Kennedy is a revealing, fascinating account of America's most storied family, as told by America's most trusted storyteller.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
It turns out that some of the most mythologized figures in American history were actually as human as it gets. James Patterson leaves aside his best-selling fiction to turn out a gripping book of nonfiction. With The House of Kennedy, he teams up with co-author Cynthia Fagen to lay bare the inner workings of a dynasty that’s fascinated Americans for generations. Digging deep into Kennedy lore, the pair start with patriarch Joe, who funded his sons’ political careers with the millions he made as a banker and liquor importer. Patterson and Fagen then move down the line, fleshing out the sweeping landmark events of the Kennedy story with tantalizing details, from eldest son Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.’s valiant death in battle during World War II to JFK’s infamous romantic scandals. They chronicle it all with such excitement and flair, there were moments when we could swear we were reading one of Patterson’s suspense novels. After all, the legendary family’s history is so rife with crime, death, and scandal that suspense is always in ample supply.
Customer Reviews
Nothing new here
Pretty much states all of the same things other Kennedy writers have written. Nothing surprising at all.
Ghost Stories!
Nothing new. Paragraphs of recycled horror stories. Upside confirmation of a curse fueled by stupidity.