A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer - Paperback

by Nina Burleigh (Author)

The fascinating account of the life and times of JFK mistress Mary Meyer, whose life and death have been, for years, a source of intense speculation. of photos.

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In 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy, whom she had known since private school days, and after her death, reports that she had kept a diary set off a tense search by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton. But the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and today her life and death are still a source of intense speculation, as Nina Burleigh reveals in her widely praised book, the first to examine this haunting story.

Author Biography

Nina Burleigh's articles have appeared in Time, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, and New York Magazine. She lives in New York.