"Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy"

"Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy" is one of the most intriguing books I've read recently.

In 1964, so just a few months after the assassination of President J.F. Kennedy, his wife Jacqueline sat with historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and talked to him about her life. Those recorded conversations were kept secret for almost 50 years, as she wished. In 2011 Caroline Kennedy decided it was a proper time  to pubblish them.

This book is a great source of information about JFK. She mainly focus on their private life in White House. But while talking about their everyday life she mentions quite often some important historical facts.  She talks for example about the Cuban missle crissis or the cold war, which makes this book also an interesting description of those turbulent period of time. And what is more, there are shown from a very specific point of view. 

Another reason to read this book are anecdotes about well-known figures like Charles de Gaulle, Martin Luther King or Nikita Chruszczow. She also recounts her fears and challenges she had to meet while being the First Lady. It seems very personal, her opinions are honest, sometimes harsh. That's  probably one of the reasons why it was pubblished not until almost 20 years after her death.

In my opinion, this book will be a good read to not only anyone interested in history but also in politics.