The Emancipator's Wife: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln - Rilegato

Hambly, Barbara

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ISBN 10: 0553803018 ISBN 13: 9780553803013

Casa editrice: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2005

Riassunto

In 1865, in the wake of her husband's assassination, Mary Todd Lincoln struggles to cope amid the animosity and confusion that surrounds her, in a historical novel that captures the saga of one of the most misunderstood women in American history.

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Recensione:

"From its perfect title to its beautiful poignant, last scene, this is a wonderful portrait of one of the most important, complex, and misunderstood figures in American history—a brilliant novel of the Civil War."
—Max Byrd

"Touching...Hambly has a knack for bringing historical figures to life in all their flawed humanity."
—Publishers Weekly

L'autore:

Barbara Hambly attended the University of California and spent a year at the University of Bordeaux obtaining a master's degree in medieval history. She has worked as both a teacher and a technical editor, but her first love has always been history. Barbara Hambly is the author of A Free Man of Color, Fever Season, Graveyard Dust, Wet Grave, Sold Down the River, Die Upon a Kiss, Days of the Dead, and Dead Water. She is at work on a new historical novel, which Bantam will publish in 2006.

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• Editore: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0553803018
• ISBN 13: 9780553803013
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 608