Will Swift: 3 books
The Roosevelts and the Royals
Franklin and Eleanor, the King and Queen of England, and the Friendship That Changed History
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2010
Advance Praise
"Fascinating and well researched.... Dr. Swift is the first to concentrate on this unusual subject with such a wealth of sympathetic detail."
–Sarah Bradford, author of America’s Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth: A Biography of Britain’s...
Pat and Dick
The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Shortlisted for the 2015 Plutarch Award for Best Biography, “the most humanizing portrait of the Nixons we’re likely to have” (Douglas Brinkley) is a sweeping depiction of the turbulent fifty-three-year marriage of Richard and Pat Nixon.
When Americans remember the controversial Nixons,...
The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm
A Thousand Days in London, 1938-1940
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm, Will Swift presents a fresh, empathetic interpretation of the ambassadorship of Joseph Kennedy and explores the intricate, often shifting relationships among Kennedy, Chamberlain, Churchill, and, of course, Roosevelt.
Arriving in London in early...