And They Called it Camelot:
A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Book Description:
An intimate portrait of the life of Jackie O…
Few of us can claim to be the authors of our fate. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy knows no other choice. With the eyes of the world watching, Jackie uses her effortless charm and keen intelligence to carve a place for herself among the men of history and weave a fairy tale for the American people, embodying a senator’s wife, a devoted mother, a First Lady—a queen in her own right.
But all reigns must come to an end. Once JFK travels to Dallas and the clock ticks down those thousand days of magic in Camelot, Jackie is forced to pick up the ruined fragments of her life and forge herself into a new identity that is all her own, that of an American legend.
Few of us can claim to be the authors of our fate. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy knows no other choice. With the eyes of the world watching, Jackie uses her effortless charm and keen intelligence to carve a place for herself among the men of history and weave a fairy tale for the American people, embodying a senator’s wife, a devoted mother, a First Lady—a queen in her own right.
But all reigns must come to an end. Once JFK travels to Dallas and the clock ticks down those thousand days of magic in Camelot, Jackie is forced to pick up the ruined fragments of her life and forge herself into a new identity that is all her own, that of an American legend.
Historical Fiction
Publish Date: March 10, 2020
My 5-Star Review:
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was known as a beautiful,
educated woman full of grace, dignity, and most of all, who had the strength to
survive. From her upbringing in a broken home with a harsh mother, to the
debutante, horsewoman, and journalist, the woman who would be known as Jackie
married into American royalty when she married Jack Kennedy. What she didn’t
know was how that life would take her on a journey of severe heartache, and she’d
need all her strength to carry on.
And They Called It Camelot is a wonderful historical
novel that follows the life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy from her meeting with
John F. Kennedy and beyond. The reader sees it all in through Jackie’s eyes;
her thoughts and feelings throughout the highs and lows of her first marriage,
her heartaches, and her triumphs. Through it all, she displays a strength that
helps her carry on for herself, and her children. A well-written and intriguing
novel that doesn’t whitewash anything about the lives of the Kennedys. I
believe anyone who enjoys historical fiction will enjoy this novel.
About the Author:
Stephanie Marie Thornton is the USA Today bestselling author of American Princess and a high school history teacher. She lives in Alaska
with her husband and daughter.
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