Pre-owned novel of Mary Todd Lincoln. As a girl growning up in Kentucky, she lived a sheltered, privileged life filled with picnics and plantion balls. Vivacious, impulsive, and intoxicated by politics, she is a Todd of Lexington, an aristocratic family whose ancestors defeated the British. But no one knows her secret fears and anxieties. Although she is courted by the most eligible suitors in the land, including future senator Stephen Doughlas, it is a gangly lawyer from Illinious who captures her heart.

ISBN: 9780553803013