The Lady of Arlington: The Life of Mrs. Robert E. Lee

by John Perry

Book Overview

Many know about her husband, Robert E. Lee, and her great-grandmother, Martha Washington; many have visited the cemetery that now occupies her family estate. But few today know much about Mary Custis... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576738493
• ISBN13: 9781576738498
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Multnomah Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Facinating insight - well written

This books give the reader a facinating insight into a woman who is too often over looked in history. It is the story of a woman, who's family members were on the front lines of America's early history, and who was a loving and supportive wife to the famous Robert E. Lee. History is full of stories of his life, especially during the Civil War, but the reader of this book will find that his wife was courageous in her own right, and worthy of historical note. After reading this wonderful book, I found two other books which were just and wonderful and insightful about the Lee Family. They were "Growing up in the 1850's", the jouranl of Agnes Lee, and "The Lee Girls".

Wonderful biography of a remarkable woman

Mrs. Mary Custis Lee of all people seemed to symbolize the tragedy of the Lost Cause. Born to wealth and privilege, the daughter of George Washington's adopted son (and Martha's grandson), she could have married any young man, but instead chose soldier Robert Edward Lee. She was to follow him through war and peace, the births of seven children, a debilitating illness and the loss of her beloved home. Through all, she maintained grace and dignity and personified the gracious Southern lady. Highly recommend.

Mrs. Robert E. Lee - Lady of Arlington

If you are into history the way that I am, you will certainly enjoy this book. It is well written and poingant. You will feel her joy, you will feel her pain, you will feel her lonliness and you will feel her losses. This book is the best I have read in a long long time.

A superbly written and highly recommended account

Mrs. Robert E. Lee: The Lady Of Arlington by author and biographer John Perry is the absorbing life story of Mary Custis Lee, the proud, patriotic, articulate and passionate woman, who was the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, and who married Robert E. Lee, military leader the Southern forces during the American Civil War. Mary Custis Lee's dynamic life, including the stoic weathering of years of separation from her husband, the loss of two of her children, her abiding faith in God, and more, are expertly chronicled in this superbly written and highly recommended account.

Outstanding Biography

I love everything about this book. They way it traces Mrs. Mary Custis Lee's family all the way back to George Washington and takes it forward from their. The way it describes the acquisition of Arlington. I have never seen a biography written better and keep my attention word for word till the end prior to this book.