Dolley: A Novel of Dolley Madison in Love and War
by Rita Mae Brown | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 055356949x Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 055356949x Global Overview for this book
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I bought this book on 9/21 at Algonquin, IL ... Friends of the Library book sale for a quarter.
c. 1994 -- 400 pages + Bibliography -- Paperback
Back Cover: She had the president's ear and the nation's heart. She's the wife of the 4th president of the United States; a spirited charmer who adores parties, the latest French fashions, and the tender, brilliant man who is her husband. But while many love her, few suspect how complex Dolley Madison really is.
Only in the pages of her diary -- as imagined by novelist Rita Mae Brown -- can Dolley fully reveal herself. And there we discover the real first Lady -- impulsive, courageous, and wise -- as she faces her harshest trial: in 1814, the United States is once more at war with mighty Britain, and her beloved James is the most hated man in America.
From the White House receptions she gaily presides over to her wild escape from a Washington under siege. "Dolley" gives us a legend made warmly human. For there has never been a first Lady so tested ... or one who ame through the fire so brilliantly.
c. 1994 -- 400 pages + Bibliography -- Paperback
Back Cover: She had the president's ear and the nation's heart. She's the wife of the 4th president of the United States; a spirited charmer who adores parties, the latest French fashions, and the tender, brilliant man who is her husband. But while many love her, few suspect how complex Dolley Madison really is.
Only in the pages of her diary -- as imagined by novelist Rita Mae Brown -- can Dolley fully reveal herself. And there we discover the real first Lady -- impulsive, courageous, and wise -- as she faces her harshest trial: in 1814, the United States is once more at war with mighty Britain, and her beloved James is the most hated man in America.
From the White House receptions she gaily presides over to her wild escape from a Washington under siege. "Dolley" gives us a legend made warmly human. For there has never been a first Lady so tested ... or one who ame through the fire so brilliantly.
Going through my bookshelves to lower Mt. TBR. I don't think I'll ever get to read this book, although it looks good. I'm sending it to leslieandziggy in CT through BookMooch.
