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Love is Eternal: A Novel About Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln

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Description:The master of the biographical novel has written the story of the marriage of Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln. Love Is Eternal was the inscription Abraham Lincoln had engraved in the wedding ring he bought before picking up the preacher and taking him to Mary Todd's house to perform their wedding ceremony. For Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln love did indeed prove eternal, though as Mary observed, "One has to endure a long time to find it out."For ninety years historians have attempted to prove that Abraham Lincoln never loved Mary Todd, that he married her out of duty and confusion, that she was a trial and a cross he had to bear. Nothing could be further from the truth. Mary Todd was a beautiful and high-spirited girl with a witty tongue, one of the best-educated women of her time, and the finest waltzer in the Blue Grass. She came from a wealthy and socially prominent Kentucky family; she had a great love for elegant clothes and jewelry and beautiful houses. Also bred into her by her father, who was Henry Clay's political manager, was a passion for politics. It was this political ambition which led her to fill a "vacancy" in the home of her older sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth had married the son of the first governor of the Illinois Territory and was living in the crude, sprawling, mud-covered prairie settlement that was Springfield, the new capital of Illinois. Here the nineteen-year-old Mary Todd found vital young men who were excited about politics and on their way up. Here she fell in love with the one man whom her sister Elizabeth declared "not only improbably but impossible." He was the enormously tall, lean, awkward, yarn-spinning Abraham Lincoln, in whose homely face and strange personality Mary todd divined greatness. She thought she could go with him all the way to the White House. Love Is Eternal tells Mary's story for the first time from inside her own heart--the stormy romance before she and Abraham eventually reached an understanding--her struggles over the years because of her husband's inbred melancholy and seeming failure. And in the end it shows that Mary Todd Lincoln became the woman her husband fashioned. In achieving their lifetime ambitions as President and First Lady, Abraham set about the grim task of holding the Union together, while Mary watched her own people in the South turn against her, the North make her the target of bitter personal and political attack. Literally the whole war was fought across her bosom. Love Is Eternal tells the full, the exciting, the humorous and joyous, the dramatic and sometimes tragic truth about Mary and Abraham Lincoln. It is one of the most tumultuous marriages and compelling love stories ever lived in America.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Love is Eternal: A Novel About Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln. To get started finding Love is Eternal: A Novel About Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 438

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Release: 1954

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Description: The master of the biographical novel has written the story of the marriage of Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln. Love Is Eternal was the inscription Abraham Lincoln had engraved in the wedding ring he bought before picking up the preacher and taking him to Mary Todd's house to perform their wedding ceremony. For Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln love did indeed prove eternal, though as Mary observed, "One has to endure a long time to find it out."For ninety years historians have attempted to prove that Abraham Lincoln never loved Mary Todd, that he married her out of duty and confusion, that she was a trial and a cross he had to bear. Nothing could be further from the truth. Mary Todd was a beautiful and high-spirited girl with a witty tongue, one of the best-educated women of her time, and the finest waltzer in the Blue Grass. She came from a wealthy and socially prominent Kentucky family; she had a great love for elegant clothes and jewelry and beautiful houses. Also bred into her by her father, who was Henry Clay's political manager, was a passion for politics. It was this political ambition which led her to fill a "vacancy" in the home of her older sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth had married the son of the first governor of the Illinois Territory and was living in the crude, sprawling, mud-covered prairie settlement that was Springfield, the new capital of Illinois. Here the nineteen-year-old Mary Todd found vital young men who were excited about politics and on their way up. Here she fell in love with the one man whom her sister Elizabeth declared "not only improbably but impossible." He was the enormously tall, lean, awkward, yarn-spinning Abraham Lincoln, in whose homely face and strange personality Mary todd divined greatness. She thought she could go with him all the way to the White House. Love Is Eternal tells Mary's story for the first time from inside her own heart--the stormy romance before she and Abraham eventually reached an understanding--her struggles over the years because of her husband's inbred melancholy and seeming failure. And in the end it shows that Mary Todd Lincoln became the woman her husband fashioned. In achieving their lifetime ambitions as President and First Lady, Abraham set about the grim task of holding the Union together, while Mary watched her own people in the South turn against her, the North make her the target of bitter personal and political attack. Literally the whole war was fought across her bosom. Love Is Eternal tells the full, the exciting, the humorous and joyous, the dramatic and sometimes tragic truth about Mary and Abraham Lincoln. It is one of the most tumultuous marriages and compelling love stories ever lived in America.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Love is Eternal: A Novel About Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln. To get started finding Love is Eternal: A Novel About Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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