t3003 In 1935, as Britain celebrated King George V's Silver Jubilee with bunting and street parties, the King reportedly confided something extraordinary to his prime minister. He told Stanley Baldwin that within twelve months of his death, his eldest son would ruin himself. That son, the Prince of Wales, drew crowds larger than any film star … Read more
In 1935, as Britain celebrated King George V's Silver Jubilee with bunting and street parties, the King reportedly confided something extraordinary to his prime minister. He told Stanley Baldwin that after his death, his eldest son would ruin himself within twelve months. That son, the Prince of Wales, drew crowds larger than any film star … Read more
In 1935, as Britain celebrated King George V's Silver Jubilee with bunting and street parties, the King reportedly confided something extraordinary to his prime minister. He told Stanley Baldwin that after his death, his eldest son would ruin himself within twelve months. That son, the Prince of Wales, drew crowds larger than any film star … Read more
On October 20, 1968, on the Greek island of Scorpios, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy stood in a small Greek Orthodox chapel beside Aristotle Onassis. There were about 40 guests and flickering candles. The bride was America's widowed queen, the woman who had walked behind her husband's casket with heartbreaking dignity. The groom was a Greek shipping … Read more
At 2:31 p.m. Central Time on November 22, 1963, Air Force One sat on the tarmac at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. The body of the 35th president of the United States lay in a casket in the rear cabin. Twelve feet away, Lyndon Baines Johnson stood with his right hand raised and his left … Read more
Ma retraite venait à peine de commencer lorsque ma belle-fille a téléphoné. « Je te laisse mes trois enfants, m’a-t-elle dit sans préambule. De toute façon, tu ne fais plus rien. Tu peux bien les garder pendant que je voyage. » J’ai souri et j’ai raccroché. Quand elle est revenue de son voyage, les enfants … Read more
On July 13, 1960, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Lyndon Baines Johnson sat in his suite chain-smoking, surrounded by his closest aides. The Democratic convention had just nominated John F. Kennedy for president. Johnson, the most powerful Senate majority leader in American history, was about to receive a visit that would throw his … Read more
La moglie mi cadde svenuta nel mercato di Charleston giovedì mattina di ottobre, e l’uomo che si era lanciato per attutirla prima che il suo corpo battesse sulle lastre di pietra era nostro figlio. Il figlio il cui nome, un tempo, era stato inciso su una lapide nel cimitero di Green Wood, a Columbus, Ohio. … Read more
Ce soir-là, en poussant la porte de ma maison, j’ai entendu un rire qui a tout brisé. La pluie tombait doucement sur Paris. J’avais passé l’après-midi entier au cimetière du Père-Lachaise, debout devant la tombe fraîche de mon mari. Quarante-deux ans de mariage, anéantis en trois semaines par un cancer foudroyant. Je m’appelle Talis Bournael. … Read more
Mio figlio non ha mai saputo che tutto ciò che possedeva, l’ufficio al quattordicesimo piano, il camion della ditta con il suo nome sullo sportello, la linea di credito che non si esauriva mai, tutto risaliva a decisioni che io avevo preso prima che lui avesse bisogno del rasoio. Io sono Walter Heinz, e quello … Read more