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  • The Sins of the Father

  • Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He Founded
  • By: Ronald Kessler
  • Narrated by: Frank Langella
  • Length: 3 hrs
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)
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Summary

From the New York Times best-selling author of 20 books about the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA comes the detailed account of the life and times of the ambitious, powerful, masterfully manipulative Joseph Patrick Kennedy.

For all his wealth and power, Joe Kennedy was not a happy man. He also had no shame. What he cared about was having power. Through the political dynasty that he founded, he achieved that for generations to come. If he hurt and corrupted others in the process, no one had the courage to challenge him.

The results are the myths that continue to enshrine the Kennedy family and maintain it as a national obsessions. This book explodes those myths. Utilizing extensive research and interviews with Kennedy family members and their intimates, speaking on record for the first time, Kessler reveals stunning details of Joseph Kennedy's enormous accomplishments and the terrible personal losses he suffered.
©2012 Ronald Kessler (P)2018 Hachette Audio
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Excellent story, well written about evil and corrupt human beings who we have been deceived into believing a different truth

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The sins of the father.

Frank langella,always and still a very handsome man,this has been a very interesting book about Joe Kennedy.I hope Mr Frank langella writes more.

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Not much detail

I was really looking forward to this, and hoped it would give me the nitty gritty on Joe Kennedy.
It flew through the time line unfortunately and didn't provide any new information.

For a man of such influence - I'm suprises at how short this book is!

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