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ISBN10: 0060760419, ISBN13: 9780060760410, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. "This engaging, wonderfully written narrative provides fresh insight into this complex woman. It is a triumph." --Doris Kearns Goodwin Catherine Clinton, author of the award-winning Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom, returns with Mrs. Lincoln, the first new biography in almost 20 years of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most enigmatic First Ladies in American history. Called "fascinating" by Ken Burns and "spirited and fast-paced" by the Boston Globe, Mrs. Lincoln is a meticulously researched and long overdue addition to the historical record. In the words of Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Joseph Ellis, Mrs. Lincoln "is distinctive for its abiding sanity, its deft and in-depth handling of the White House years, and for the consistent quality of its prose." Abraham Lincoln is the most revered president in American history, but the woman at the center of his life—his wife, Mary—has remained a historical enigma. One of the most tragic and mysterious of nineteenth-century figures, Mary Lincoln and her story symbolize the pain and loss of Civil War America. Authoritative and utterly engrossing, "Mrs. Lincoln" is the long-awaited portrait of the woman who so richly contributed to Lincoln's life and legacy. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or ...
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ISBN10: 0060760419, ISBN13: 9780060760410, [publisher: Harper Perennial January 2010] Softcover
[Hutchinson, KS, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]

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