The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth
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Encouraged to be winners from a young age, Rose and Joe Kennedys children were the embodiment of ambitious, wholesome Americanism. Yet even within this ebullient group of overachievers, the fourth Kennedy child, the irrepressible Kathleen, stood out. Lively, charismatic, extremely clever, and blessed with graceful athleticism and a sunny disposition, the alluring socialitefondly known as Kickwas a firecracker who effortlessly made friends and stole hearts.Moving across the Atlantic when her father was appointed ambassador to Great Britain in 1938, Kickthe nicest Kennedyquickly became the familys star. Despite making little effort to fit into British high society, she charmed everyone from the beau monde to Fleet Street with her unconventional attitude and easygoing humor. Growing increasingly independent, Kick would also shock and alienate her devout family by falling in love with and marrying the scion of a virulently anti-Catholic familyWilliam Cavendish, the heir apparent of the Duke of Devonshire and Chatsworth. But the marriage would last only a few months; Billy was killed in combat in 1944, just four years before Kicks own unexpected death in an airplane crash at twenty-eight.Paula Byrne recounts this remarkable young womans life in detail as never before. Sympathetic and compelling, Kick shines a spotlight on this feisty and unique Kennedy long relegated to the shadows of her legendary familys history.
