Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Long Live the Queen 1 -- Joan... 7 -- Jackie... 10 -- Ethel... 12 -- ... and the Secret Service 15 -- Jack Defeats Nixon 18 -- Pre-Inaugural Gala 24 -- Jack 27 -- Five Inaugural Balls 30 -- Bobby 34 -- Skakels 37 -- Not One to Feel Sorry for Herself 46 -- White House Infidelities 47 -- Bouviers 51 -- Jackie's First Meeting with Ethel 57 -- Jack Proposes Marriage 61 -- All of This, and More 67 -- Joseph and Jackie's Deal 73 -- Sisterly Advice 76 -- Bennetts 81 -- A Legacy of Infidelity 93 -- Jack's Affair with Marilyn 96 -- Jackie's Expensive Diversion 98 -- Madcap Ethel during the Kennedy Presidency 102 -- Joan's Social Impasse 106 -- Trying to Understand Each Other 108 -- Jackie's Documentary: A Tour of the White House 111 -- Voice 114 -- "Secrets Always Come Out" 118 -- Bobby Meets Marilyn 125 -- "Life's Too Short to Worry about Marilyn Monroe" 127 -- Jackie's Ultimatum to Jack 132 -- Bobby's Rumored Affair with Marilyn 133 -- Joseph's Stroke 135 -- At Horizon House 138 -- Walking Cane 140 -- Life at the Hyannis Port Compound 142 -- Fourth of July in Hyannis Port, 1962 145 -- Joan's Many Faux Pas 147 -- Pat Finds Jackie "So Insecure" 152 -- Marilyn Monroe's Death 154 -- Jackie Goes Away to Think 157 -- Kennedy Women Do Men's Work 163 -- Jackie's Wicked Scheme 173 -- Cuban Missile Crisis 175 -- Joan--The Senator's Wife 182 -- Delighted to Be Pregnant 189 -- Deaths of Infants Arabella and Patrick 190 -- Lee Radziwill Invites Jackie-in-Mourning 198 -- "Not Ethel's Best Moment" 201 -- Aboard the Christina 203 -- Jack Summons Jackie--To No Avail 207 -- "Ari Is Not for You" 209 -- Jack's Rapprochement with Jackie: "Getting to Know You" 213 -- Tragedy 216 -- "The President's Been Shot" 220 -- Holy Mary, Mother of God 222 -- "The Party's Been Canceled--The President's Dead" 225 -- In Mourning 230 -- Tea with Lady Bird 234 -- Thanksgiving, 1963 238 -- Jackie's Camelot 242 -- "Let It All Out" 245 -- Aftermath 248 -- Moving Out of the White House 257 -- Lyndon Johnson "Using Jackie" 261 -- Kennedy Camp on LBJ: "A Blight on the New Frontier" 266 -- Joan's Bottled-Up Anxiety 270 -- Jackie's Saddest Days 272 -- Jackie and Brando--The Rumors 277 -- Ted's Plane Crash 281 -- Joan Wins the Election for Ted 287 -- Jackie on the Anniversary of November 22, 1963 292 -- Using Jackie--Yet Again 294 -- Joan the Emissary 296 -- Cead Mile Failte 299 -- Joan's Continuing Struggle 302 -- Rumor Mill 309 -- RFK for President 315 -- Enter "The Greek" 318 -- Appeal to Jackie 322 -- Ethel's Thoughtless Remark 326 -- Another Tragedy 332 -- "The Hand of a Dead Man" 337 -- "No God of Mine" 340 -- Senator Robert Francis Kennedy Is Dead 342 -- Bobby's Funeral 347 -- "We Shall Carry on with Courage" 351 -- Ethel--Just a Shell 355 -- Ted Negotiates Jackie's Nuptials 363 -- Andy Williams 367 -- Ethel Pushes Jackie Too Far 373 -- "Bobby's Little Miracle" 375 -- Chappaquiddick 381 -- Jackie Tells Ari: "I Have to Be There" 384 -- Joan Accuses: "All You Care about Is How It Looks?" 389 -- Ethel to the Rescue 393 -- Mary Jo's Funeral 395 -- Ted Asks for Forgiveness 398 -- Joan Loses the Baby 403 -- A Final Gathering for Joseph 405 -- End of Camelot 408 -- Ted Hurts Joan Again 417 -- Ethel's Troubled Brood 421 -- Will Ted Run? The Joan Factor 425 -- Joan and Ted: Creating the Illusion of a Marriage 431 -- Joan in Control of Joan 437 -- Announcement: EMK for President 439 -- Joan's White House Fantasies 442 -- EMK's Candidacy: Not Meant to Be 444 -- Last Straw for Joan 449 -- Postscript: Jackie, Ethel, and Joan after Camelot 453.