Kick : the true story of JFK's sister and the heir to Chatsworth

Summary: "Filled with a wealth of revealing new material and insight, the biography of the vivacious, unconventional--and nearly forgotten--young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy and would break with her family for love."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 0062296280
ISBN: 9780062296283
Physical Description: print
x, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: Pbk. edition.
Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-296), notes (p. 297-325) and index (p. 329-342).

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue : kicking the surf -- Rose and Joe -- A beautiful and enchanting child -- Forbidden fruit -- Hyannis Port -- Bronxville -- Convent girl -- Muckers and trouble --- Mademoiselle Pourquoi -- Gstaad and Italy -- Travels with my mother : Russia and England -- Politics and Europe revisited -- The ambassador -- At the Court of St James's -- 'I Get a Kick Out of You' -- The debutante -- Lords a-leaping -- 'A merry girl' -- Billy -- The Riviera -- Peace for our time -- Chatsworth -- St Moritz and Rome -- The gathering storm -- The last hurrah -- 'This country is at war with Germany' -- The personality kids -- Operation Ariel -- The fourth hostage -- Billy and Sally -- Kick the reporter -- Lobotomy -- Scandal -- 'Did you happen to see ... ' -- Red Cross worker of World War II -- Coffee and doughnuts -- Sister Kick -- Girl on a bicycle -- Parties and prayers -- Rosemary tonks -- Agnes and Hartie -- Telegrams and anger -- 'I love you more than anything in the world' -- The Marchioness of Hartington -- Operation Aphrodite -- Billy the hero -- 'Life is so cruel" -- The widow Hartington -- Politics or passion? -- Joy she gave joy she has found.