Patriot Hearts: A Novel of the Founding Mothers

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Patriot Hearts: A Novel of the Founding Mothers

When Martha Dandridge Custis marries her second husband, George, she never suspects that the soft-spoken Virginia planter is destined to command the founding of a nationâ€”or that she is to be â€œLady Washington,â€ the woman at the first Presidentâ€™s side. Only a select inner circle of women will know the cost of sharing a beloved man with history . . . and each will draw strength from the unique treasure given to them by a doomed queen.

Seeing farm and family through each harsh New England season, Abigail Adams is sustained only by the fervent reunions stolen between Johnâ€™s journeys abroad. She will face the terror of an ocean crossing to join her husband in Franceâ€”and write her own page in history. And there she will cross paths with kings, commonersâ€”and young Sally Hemings.

Just as Sally had grown from a clever child to a beautiful woman, so had her relationship with Thomas Jefferson grown from a friendship between slave and master to one entangled in the complexities of black and white, decorum and desire. It is a relationship that will leave Sally to face an agonizingly wrenching choice.

Dolley Madison, too, must live with the repercussions of a forbidden love affairâ€”although she will confront even greater trials as a Presidentâ€™s wife. But Dolley will become one of the best-loved ladies of the White Houseâ€”and leave an extraordinary legacy of her own.

A lushly written novel that traces the marriages tested by the demands of love and loyalty, Patriot Hearts offers readers a dazzling glimpse behind the scenes of a revolution, from adversity and treachery to teatime strategies, as four magnificent women shape a nationâ€™s future.

From the Hardcover edition.

Country	USA
Author	Barbara Hambly
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Bantam
EAN	9780553383379
Edition	Reprint
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	055338337X
Label	Bantam
Manufacturer	Bantam
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	448
PublicationDate	2007-12-26
Publisher	Bantam
ReleaseDate	2007-12-26
SKU	9780553383379
Studio	Bantam

Patriot Hearts: A Novel of the Founding Mothers

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