The Real Story of Feud: Capote vs.the Swans

AN A-LIST CAST TELLS THE SCANDALOUS TALE OF TRUMAN CAPOTE'S CLASH WITH MANHATTAN'S ELITE IN A NEW SERIES

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Truman Capote was the celebrated author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's-and he was a mighty king of gossip. In 1975 Esquire published "La Côte Basque, 1965," a scandalous excerpt from Capote's then-upcoming novel Answered Prayers exposing the secrets and affairs of his close friends, including top New York City socialites Barbara "Babe" Paley, C.Z. Guest, Nancy "Slim" Keith and Lee Radziwill (the sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis), whom he called his swans. Among Capote's revelations was an allegation that Ann Woodward, a former showgirl who married into high society, purposefully killed her husband, William Jr., in 1955, even though the death had been officially deemed an a