FROM THE PUBLISHER

She is the heiress to a legacy of power, wealth, unfulfilled promise, and unspeakable tragedy. Her father was gunned down before a stunned world forty years ago, forever changing the course of history. Her mother became the most celebrated American woman of the twentieth century - an icon of style, glamour, and personal courage. Her brother was the most promising Kennedy of his generation - a global heartthrob who was killed when his plane crashed within sight of his mother's estate on Martha's Vineyard.

Through it all, the sole surviving member of Camelot's First Family, Caroline Kennedy, has remained largely a mystery. Until now. Christopher Andersen draws on important sources - many speaking here for the first time - to provide a full, compelling portrait of Caroline, the young wife and mother left to carry on in her legendary family's name.

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