A portrait of the British-born wife of John Quincy Adams details her upbringing in circumstances that differed significantly from her husband's, their tempestuous marriage, their wide range of residences, and her efforts to forge her own sense of self.

"From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling look at the life of the legendary former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers over a thirty-year period-as well as previously unreleased material from the JFK Library-Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli paints an unforgettable new portrait of a woman whose flaws and contradictions...