My Rating: 4.5
Published in 1969, the book was more recently discovered by a Washington family descendant and reissued as Mount Vernon Love Story. Dispelling the widespread belief that although George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, he reserved his true love for Sally Carey Fairfax, his best friend's wife, Mary Higgins Clark describes the Washington marriage as one full of tenderness and passion, as a bond between two people who shared their lives—even the bitter hardship of a winter in Valley Forge—in every way. In this author's skilled hands, the history, the love, and the man come fully and dramatically alive.
This was about George Washington, the man. There is no doubt that he loved Sally but, I also believe that George and Martha (Patsy) had a very deep loving relationship. This captured their marriage, the hardship of the children and their shared love for Mount Vernon. The only complaint I had with this book was that it felt disjointed with bouncing around in the timeline.
Wow, I have read so many of her mysteries but didn’t realize she wrote Hist Fiction. Need to see if my library has this. Thanks for telling me about this gem.
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