The Kennedy Curse cover art

The Kennedy Curse

The shocking true story of America’s most famous family

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Unlimited access to our all-you-can-listen catalogue of 15K+ audiobooks and podcasts
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

The Kennedy Curse

By: James Patterson
Narrated by: David Pittu
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

JAMES PATTERSON'S NON-FICTION MASTERPIECE
________________________________

Kennedys were always taught to win at all costs. And they did - but the costs were unimaginable . . .

Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel. Their name is synonymous with American royalty. Their commitment to public service is legendary. But, for all the successes, the family has been blighted by assassinations, fatal accidents, drug and alcohol abuse and sex scandals.

To this day, the Kennedys occupy a unique, contradictory place in the world's imagination: at once familiar and unknowable; charmed and cursed. The Kennedy Curse is a revealing, fascinating account of America's most famous family, as told by the world's most trusted storyteller.
________________________________
Also published as The House of Kennedy in the US.

© James Patterson 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Americas Historical Politicians Politics & Activism United States

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Jackie, Ethel, Joan cover art
The Patriarch cover art
Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper cover art
America's Reluctant Prince cover art
Jackie cover art
Finding Jackie cover art
November 22, 1963 cover art
The Day John Died cover art
Bulletins from Dallas cover art
The Matriarch cover art
Four Friends cover art
Brothers cover art
The Triumph of Nancy Reagan cover art
Eleanor in the Village cover art
The Snapshot Killer cover art
Before Chappaquiddick cover art

Critic reviews

When I wrote my first novel after several non-fiction works about politics, James Patterson lovingly lambasted me for infringing on his thriller territory. Now I know how he feels as he crosses into non-fiction politics with this juicy and entertaining look at a political family that continues to wield power and influence. He's too good – it isn't fair! (JAKE TAPPER, CNN anchor and author of The Hellfire Club)
James Patterson applies his writerly skills to real-life history . . . re-telling the political clan's rise and fall and rise again (and fall again) with novelistic style.
It is the true history of 'American Royalty' told in the style of a gripping novel
All stars
Most relevant
Book well written. Narrator does voices, they grate sometimes. History well served as biographies go.

Horrible family, full of own importance

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Well read and amazing to listen to and beautifully narrated.Would highly recommend all to listen to

Fascinating and sad

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I didn't know very much about the wider family, only JFK's assassination, and this was the ideal book tracing the family throughout the decades. An unbelievable story really - had it been fiction, it would have seemed absurd for so many tragedies to strike one family. The level of detail was just right for me and I enjoyed the non linear storyline. The narrator was great, except for the female voices, but overall this didn't spoil it for me. If you are relatively ignorant about the family, this is a perfect book.

Excellent as an overview

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Good story but the narrator was very poor. Not all women speak in a whiny whispering voice. At times this put me off the story it was so bad especially when he was talking about Jackie Kennedy

New facts spoilt by poor narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A compelling story, well written and researched. I wish the reader had resisted the temptation to read the quotes in a Kennedy accent.

Kennddy Curse review

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews