Mrs. Lincoln's Rival

by Jennifer Chiaverini

Book Overview

The" New York Times" bestselling author of "Mrs. Lincoln s Dressmaker "and "Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule," Jennifer Chiaverini, reveals the famous First Lady s very public social and political contest with Kate Chase Sprague, memorialized as one of the most remarkable women ever known to Washington society. ("Providence Journal") Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525954287
• ISBN13: 9780525954286
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 419 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Great story

I loved this book. LOTS of detail and historical information. In the end I was so sad to know that Kate's marriage was such a failure. I kept asking her in my head "can't you see William is not who he pretends to be?". Oh had she only married John Hay. That said., PLEASE write a book about Nettie - the more successful sister in the end! Not much about her out there but I know know she was a children's book illustrator and helped develop the "Hamptons" as a resort. The fact that she was successful in her own right honestly outshines her "more popular" sister Kate!