Jackie: Public, Private, Secret

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes an invigorating and often eye-opening look at the life of the legendary former First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. J. Randy Taraborrelli's Jackie: Public, Private, Secret presents an intricate and comprehensive biography that unveils the complex and enigmatic personality of one of history's most captivating women.

Based on decades of meticulous research, including hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers, as well as previously unreleased material from the JFK Library, Taraborrelli illuminates the multifaceted life of Jackie Kennedy. He endeavours to reveal the contrast between her public persona, her guarded private life, and the clandestine secrets she withheld from the world. Jackie once remarked to a former lover, "I have three lives: public, private, and secret." This biography invites readers to journey through each of these dimensions, painting a vivid and unforgettable portrait of a woman whose imperfections and contradictions only amplify her allure.

Taraborrelli provides striking new insights into Jackie’s life, including:

• Her reservations before marrying Jack Kennedy and the clandestine strategies she devised to avoid moving into the White House.
• Her internal conflict and ultimate decision against confronting Maria Callas, the opera singer who had an affair with her second husband, Aristotle Onassis.
• The inside story of the nude photographs that scandalised her in the 1970s, including the shocking betrayal by a family member who sold them.
• The truth behind her unconventional relationship with Maurice Templesman, which defied the assumptions held by outsiders.
• The harrowing attempts to prolong her life through experimental cancer treatments and the doctor who refused to risk incarceration to provide them.

Even twenty-nine years after her death and sixty years after the tragic assassination of President Kennedy, Jackie: Public, Private, Secret offers an unprecedented exploration of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s legacy. It is a profound and poignant biography that delivers the final, authoritative word on one of the most famous women in the world.