Bibliograph

Kick, the true story of JFK's sister and the heir to Chatsworth, Paula Byrne

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Kick, the true story of JFK's sister and the heir to Chatsworth, Paula Byrne

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kick

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

940795946

Responsibility statement

Paula Byrne

Sub title

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 publisherAmong Rose and Joe Kennedy's children the fourth child, Kathleen, stood out. Known as Kick, she was a firecracker who effortlessly made friends and stole hearts. When her father was appointed as the ambassador to Great Britain in 1938, Kick shocked and alienated her devout family by falling in love and marrying the scion of a virulently anti-Catholic family-- William Cavendish, the heir apparent of the Duke of Devonshire and Chatsworth. The marriage only lasted a few months; Billy was killed in combat in 1944, four years before Kick's own death in an airplane crash. Byrne shines a spotlight on this feisty Kennedy long relegated to the shadows of her family's history

resource.variantTitle

True story of Kick Kennedy, JFK's forgotten sister and the heir to Chatsworth

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