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KENNEDYS
From their humble beginnings in Ireland to their later lives in
Boston, America, the Kennedys have fascinated the world over for
decades and generations. The marriage of Joseph Kennedy Senior
and Rose Fitzgerald was a political union as much as a romantic one,
and together they raised what became known as America’s royal
family. With clear ambitions for their children, Joseph Kennedy Sr
focused on the careers of his sons and the marriages of his
daughters, with questionable outcomes. From John F Kennedy's
presidency to Rosemary's botched lobotomy, step inside the world of
one of the most controversial families on the planet. Understand the
extent of the so-called ‘Kennedy curse’ and analyse the scandals that
still unravel today. From early family life and the religious challenges
the family faced to the triumphs and tragedies both in their political
and personal lives, this is the ultimate companion for anyone with
an interest in this captivating family.
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CONTENTS
EARLY FAMILY LIFE
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POLITICS
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60
FAMILY TREE
UNCOVER THREE GENERATIONS OF THE KENNEDYS AND
HOW THEIR LIVES WERE SHAPED BY THEIR HERITAGE
KICK-STARTING THE KENNEDYS
ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST RENOWNED POLITICAL FAMILIES
HAD HUMBLE ORIGINS IN IRELAND AND BOSTON
RAISING A KENNEDY
HOW TO RAISE A FAMILY DEDICATED TO PUBLIC
SERVICE WHO CAN HELP RULE THE FREE WORLD
JOSEPH KENNEDY SR:
THE PATRIARCH
JOE SR HAD BIG AMBITIONS FOR HIS CHILDREN, FOCUSING ON
THE CAREERS OF HIS SONS AND MARRIAGES OF HIS DAUGHTERS
A POLITICAL DYNASTY
THE KENNEDYS HAVE BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH AMERICAN
POLITICS AS MANY SOUGHT THE NATION’S HIGHEST OFFICE ee eects gl
MAN ON A MISSION gt sunt aE
JOSEPH KENNEDY SENIOR HAD A BIG DREAM — TO SEE A KENNEDY
IN THE WHITE HOUSE — AND HE WORKED TIRELESSLY TOWARDS TT
PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY
AN ICONIC LEADER WHOSE TIME IN OFFICE WAS FRAUGHT WITH
COLD WAR TENSION, JFK’ REMAINS A FASCINATING FIGURE
THE LAST IRISH PURITAN
ABRASIVE, HARD-HEADED AND DEEPLY IDEALISTIC, BOBBY KENNEDY
BECAME ONE OF THE TOUGHEST POLITICIANS IN AMERICA
THE LIBERAL LION OF THE SENATE
SERVING AS SENATOR FOR 47 YEARS, TED KENNEDY HAD
AN EVENTFUL CAREER IN POLITICS
TRIUMPHS
& TRAGEDIES
68 THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF
THE KENNEDY LEGACY
THROUGH EVENTS THAT SENSATIONALISED THE KENNEDY NAME,
THEIR LEGACY REMAINS AT THE HEART OF AMERICAN HISTORY
HE KENNEDY SHOOTING STAR
KATHLEEN ‘KICK’ KENNEDY WAS HEADSTRONG, VIVACIOUS
AND GONE TOO SOON AT THE AGE OF JUST 28
HE HIDDEN KENNEDY
E TRAGIC LIFE OF ROSEMARY KENNEDY, WHICH INSPIRED
HANGES IN ATTITUDES TOWARDS MENTAL DISABILITIES
DARK DAY IN DALLAS
E ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY SHOCKED
E WORLD AND WENT DOWN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
HE MOST VULNERABLE
F THE KENNEDYS
E KENNEDY DYNASTY HAD MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF BOTH
RIUMPH AND TRAGEDY, AND BOBBY WAS NO EXCEPTION
98 THE SOCIAL REFORMER
HOW TED, THE YOUNGEST KENNEDY SIBLING, ACHIEVED SO
MUCH YET BECAME SUCH A DIVISIVE FIGURE
104 GRACE AMID TRIUMPH
AND TRAGEDY
JACQUELINE KENNEDY BROUGHT ELEGANCE TO THE WHITE
HOUSE WHILE EXPANDING THE ROLE OF THE FIRST LADY
SCANDALS
114 SECRETS AND SCANDALS
THE KENNEDYS GAINED THE STATUS THEY CRAVED — AND THE
PUBLIC EXPOSURE TO GO WITH IT
120 AFFAIRS OF STATE
JFK NEVER ALLOWED POTENTIAL SCANDAL OR REPUTATIONAL RISK
TO DISSUADE HIM FROM HIS INSATIABLE SEXUAL APPETITE
124 MARILYN MONROE AND
THE KENNEDYS
RUMOUR AND SPECULATION SHROUD THE RELATIONSHIP OF JOHN
AND ROBERT KENNEDY WITH MARILYN MONROE AND HER DEATH
130 THE CHAPPAQUIDDICK INCIDENT
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON THE SHORES OF CHAPPAQUIDDICK
ISLAND ON A PITCH-BLACK SUMMER NIGHT?
134 WHO REALLY KILLED JFK?
WHY THE MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE SURROUNDING THE JFK
ASSASSINATION SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ABATING
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LASTING LEGACY
THE KENNEDYS DEFINE PUBLIC SERVICE AND ALTRUISM WHILE
THE WORLD REMAINS CAPTIVATED BY THEIR PERSONAL LIVES
FAMILY LIFE
From their Irish roots to Joseph and Rose Kennedy's nine children
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12
18
26
FAMILY TREE
UNCOVER THREE GENERATIONS OF THE KENNEDYS AND HOW
THEIR LIVES WERE SHAPED BY THEIR HERITAGE
KICK-STARTING THE KENNEDYS
ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST RENOWNED POLITICAL FAMILIES
HAD HUMBLE ORIGINS IN IRELAND AND BOSTON
RAISING A KENNEDY
HOW TO RAISE A FAMILY DEDICATED TO PUBLIC
SERVICE WHO CAN HELP RULE THE FREE WORLD
JOSEPH KENNEDY
SR: THE PATRIARCH
JOE SR HAD BIG AMBITIONS FOR HIS CHILDREN, FOCUSING ON
THE CAREERS OF HIS SONS AND MARRIAGES OF HIS DAUGHTERS
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FAMILY TREE
UNCOVER THREE GENERATIONS OF THE KENNEDYS AND
HOW THEIR LIVES WERE SHAPED BY THEIR HERITAGE
ROSE ELIZABETH
FITZGERALD
1890-1995
JOSEPH PATRICK
KENNEDY SR
1888-1969
JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY JR ROSE MARIE KATHLEEN AGNES KENNEDY WILLIAM EUNICE MARY KENNEDY ROBERT
1915-1944 ‘ROSEMARY’ 1920-1948 CAVENDISH, 1921-2009 SERGENT
The first child of Rose and Joe, Joe Jr had KENNEDY ‘Kick’ Kennedy was somewhat of a MARQUESS OF Eunice served in the Special War SHRIVER
always been pegged as the member of the 1918-2005 black sheep in her Catholic family — HARTINGTON Problems Division of the Department 1915-2011
she married an English Protestant,
Lord William Cavendish, heir to the
duchy of Devonshire, one of the UK’s
most eligible bachelors. However,
she was widowed within months of
their wedding in 1944. She would
die herself in a plane crash four years
later along with her married lover.
family who would go into politics. However,
his dreams were cut short when he died
while taking part in Operation Aphrodite, a
plan to fly bombs into enemy territory, when
his plane exploded in 1944.
1917-1944 of State, then in the Department of
Justice before becoming a social worker
at a women’s prison. In 1962, she
began a day camp for children with
mental difficulties, which evolved into
the Special Olympics that helped the
disabled reach their sporting potential.
JACQUELINE LEE JOHN FITZGERALD
JACKIE’ BOUVIER ‘JACK’ KENNEDY
1929-1994 1917-1963 ROBERT SARGENT MARIA OWINGS SHRIVER TIMOTHY MARK ANTHONY
SHRIVER III BORN 1955 PERRY KENNEDY PAUL
BORN 1954 Maria made a name for herself in her SHRIVER SHRIVER KENNEDY
own right as a news anchor, receiving a BORN 1959 BORN 1964 SHRIVER
Peabody Award and co-anchoring NBC's BORN 1965
Emmy award-winning coverage of the
1988 Olympic Games. She married Arnold
CAROLINE JOHN PATRICK BOUVIER KENNEDY Schwarzenegger in 1986 and subsequently
BOUVIER FITZGERALD 1963-1963 became the first lady of California during
KENNEDY KENNEDY JR The first baby to be born to a sitting her husband's tenure as governor.
BORN 1957 1960-1999 president and first lady since the 19th
century, Patrick's life was to be tragically
cut short. Born five and a half weeks
early, doctors fought to help him breathe
a CHRISTOPHER SYDNEY MALEIA
as his tiny lungs couldn't cope, but he
died at just 39 hours old from respiratory KENNEDY LAWFORD LAWFORD
1955-2018 BORN 1956
distress syndrome. He would be John
and Jackie Kennedy's last child.
KATHLEEN HARTINGTON KENNEDY JOSEPH
BORN 1951 PATRICK
Kathleen has carried on the Kennedy name in KENNEDY II
politics through her role as lieutenant governor of BORN 1952
Maryland from 1995 to 2003. More recently, she
has become the chair of American Bridge, a non-
ROBERT
FRANCIS
KENNEDY JR
BORN 1954
DAVID
ANTHONY
KENNEDY
1955-1984
MARY
COURTNEY
KENNEDY
BORN 1956
MICHAEL
LEMOYNE
KENNEDY
1958-1997
profit organisation raising funds for Democratic
candidates and causes.
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