Thursday, April 10, 2014

Mrs. Lincoln's Rival/Jennifer Chiaverini/419 pgs

For those few of you that have not read this book...it is about Kate Chase (daughter of Salmon P. Chase).
Because her father is a widower, she arranges his social functions, helps with his campaigns, runs the house and becomes the belle of Washington, D.C.  She also becomes the social rival of the first lady.  The book covers her life as well as those around her  before the Civil War, during the war and after Lincoln's assassination.  Jennifer Chiaverini makes nonfiction read like a novel, making the characters very real and the storyline one that keeps your interest.

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