In this immaculately researched biography C David Heymann examines the private man with the incredible Kennedy libido and the public figure, fighting for political power. RFK showed unbounded devotion to his brother John F Kennedy and immeasurable contempt for his enemies. He took his brother to the presidency and was effectively second in command of the United States.
Full of shocking revelations about the stars and political players of the 1950s and 1960s including Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, J Edgar Hoover and Lyndon B Johnson, RFK is a biography not only of Bobby Kennedy but of the Kennedy family and of the most fascinating era of modern American history.