Available Jan 2024
' John F. Kennedy: The London Story' reveals the extraordinary role that Britain came to play in shaping John Kennedy’s life. By unveiling the drama of youthful years, we see how he evolved as a young man and how Britain helped shape a legendary and inspirational President.
Two months after his twenty-first birthday, Jack, as he was known by friends, came to join his father, the American Ambassador, in London. The handsome Harvard student with a disarming smile had little idea how England on the eve of war would change his life. After she was presented at Court, his devoted sister Kathleen and known as Kick, (famed for being the ‘most exciting debutante' to be presented at Court), introduced Jack to a small circle of young aristocrats, all descended from families that had long ruled England. Fascinated since boyhood by books on British history and tales from the Court of King Arthur, he felt immediately at home.
