The remarkable life of the vivacious, clever – & forgotten – Kennedy sister, who charmed the English aristocracy & was almost erased from her family history.

Kick was Joe Kennedy’s favourite child & Jack’s favourite sister. Spirited, vivacious & quick-witted, her charm was legendary & with her jokes, effervescence & ease of manner she became a star amongst friends, family & the press.

When Kick sailed to Britain in 1938 after her father had been appointed US Ambassador in London she was presented at court as a debutante, attended all the best parties & was a house-guest at the finest country estates. She was described as ‘the best thing America ever sent us’.

Kick was not conventionally beautiful, but men swarmed around her. As she mingled with aristocrats, politicians, writers & artists, everyone was drawn to her refreshing lack of stuffiness. To her the Duke of Marlborough was ‘ Dukie Wookie’ & she taught her aristocratic friends to say in an American drawl, ‘ Oh, Kid what’s the sto-o-ory’. Even the anti-American Evelyn Waugh was bewitched.

As the clouds of war gathered, Kick met a shy, tall, handsome man called Billy & against the wishes of her powerful family, she married him. He was William Cavendish, heir to the Duke of Devonshire & the Chatsworth estate, the most eligible bachelor in Engl&. But their days of married bliss proved short. War brought tragedy & loss.

In this book, which is as lively & vivacious as its subject, best-selling author Paula Byrne uses recently released documents to tell for the first time this cinematic story of the meeting of American & British aristocracy – the Kennedys, the Devonshires, their friends such as the Churchills, Astors & Mitfords, the social whirl of pre-War life, Kick’s work for the Red Cross & as a journalist – & the religious tension that arose from her marriage to Billy.

She kicked against family, faith & country. She was a rebel to the end – w











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Kate Brannigan, feisty Manchester-based PI, is back, investigating the bizarre case of the missing conservatories. Before Long she’s up to her neck in crooked land deals, mortgage scams, financial chicanery – & murder.

But when a favour for a friend puts Kate’s own life in danger, bizarre is not the first word she thinks of...

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Packed with fantastic puzzles to tackle, this football puzzle book is guaranteed to keep fans entertained long after the final whistle has blown.

Football-crazy kids will love to get their heads in the game with these themed quizzes, mazes, wordsearches, crosswords, guess the goals, stats attacks, spot the difference puzzles & many more.

Packed full of engaging puzzles to entertain for hours, this book is suitable for supporters of any team to test their knowledge.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781780556369
• Author: Clive Gifford
• Publisher: Buster Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 128
• Dimensions: 13.5 x 1 x 21.6 cm













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