A provocative biography of the Roosevelt family draws on family secrets and complex rivalries to argue that the Roosevelts' rise to power was driven by a series of inside competitions that were witnessed firsthand by an increasingly begrudging Eleanor Roosevelt.

Prologue: The larger picture, 1960 -- Part I. Cain and Abel, 1890-1891 -- Part II. Everything to fear, 1893-1894 -- Part III. Popular and powerful, 1903-1905 -- Part IV. A shot, 1912 -- Part V. Believeing more than ever before, 1918-1920 -- Part VI. Rough stunts, 1924-1925 -- Part VII. The future and the past, 1932 -- Part VIII. Changing the world, 1936-1938 -- Part IS. Terrific responsibility, 1943-1945 -- Epilogue: The last sortie, 1962.