"Explosive"-- Vanity Fair

"Kennedy shocker"-- People

"A revealing portrait"-- Parade

"In this explosive new book. Ed [Klein] makes shocking allegations about the marriage of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. He also questions if the Kennedy legacy of tragedy is more than just coincidence."--ABC.com, The View

IN THIS PROBING EXPOSE THAT BECAME A NATIONAL PHENOMENON,renowned Kennedy biographer Edward Klein--a bestsetling author and journatist personalty acquainted with many members of the Kennedy family-- unravels one of the great mysteries of our time and explains why the Kennedys have been subjected to such a mind-boggling chain of calamities.

Drawing upon scores of interviews with people who have never spoken out before, troves of private documents. archives in Ireland and America. and private conversations with Jackie. Klein explores the underlying pattern that governs the "Kennedy Curse."

The reader is treated to penetrating portraits of the Irish immigrant Patrick Kennedy; Rose Kennedy’s father,"Honey Fitz"; the dynasty’s founding father, Joe Kennedy, and his iU-fated daughter Kathleen; President Kennedy; accused rapist William Kennedy Smith; and the star-crossed lovers. JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Each of the seven profiles demonstrates the basic premise of this book: the "Kennedy Curse"is the result of the destructive collision between the Kennedys’ fantasy of omnipotence--an unremitting desire to get away with things that others cannot--and the cold, hard realities of life.

Introduction: An Ill-Fated House

A Chronicle of the Kennedy Curse

PART I

SCOURGE

1. PATRICK KENNEDY: The Unintentional Crime

2. JOHN FRANCIS FITZGERALD: Favorite Son

PART II

AFFLICTION

3. JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY: Speaking the Language of His Age

PART III

TRIBULATION

4. KATHLEEN KENNEDY: Throwing Caution to the Wind

5. JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY: The Road to Dallas

PART IV

VISITATION

6. WILLIAM KENNEDY SMITH: Twilight of the Gods

7. JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY JR.: Cut from the Same Cloth

Epilogue: The Fall of the House of Kennedy

Acknowledgments

Sources

Index