The definitive and first full-scale life of Robert Francis Kennedy.
Bobby Kennedy, the third son of Joseph Kennedy, younger brother of John F. Kennedy, was a man of great contradictions. Brought up in great privilege (he did his paper round from his father's chauffeur-driven car) he was deprived of emotional and physical warmth as a child. As an adult, he showed enormous energy, loyalty, a great analytical mind but could be violent, immoral, promiscuous and uncontrolled. In this he was a true Kennedy.
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.
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 life.
