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A Very Private Woman

The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer

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A Very Private Woman

By: Nina Burleigh
Narrated by: Siiri Scott
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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.

©1998 Nina Burleigh (P)2018 Tantor Americas Historical Murder Politicians Politics & Activism True Crime United States Women Crime Law
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I have had this book for years, being a defendant of the Cord Meyer family, but always struggled to read, as there were so many names and titles if people, it just got confusing for me. Hearing it read, and at times, following along with the written book, finally allowed me to get to the end in a few days. I am thankful to Audible for doing this production!

Easier to listen to than to read

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It captures the frustration of a certain privileged group of women stuck in old molds.

A well done footnote to history.

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Its a book I cojld not stop listening to. Well written and wonderful narrator.

Brilliant

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Was not impressed. I thought I was going to listen to a true crime story by this is nothing more than history filler Had to stop listening

I expected a true crime story got nothing but a history lesson

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There wasn’t a lot of information that was interesting. I thought it was shallow and was expecting more information.

Nothing new

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I wanted a good story. What I got was a snooze fest history lesson. Ugh.

Deadly Boring

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I did learn a little new history. Some interesting points But not much was about Mary herself.

That it was about everyone but Mary

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