Description"A miracle; an exquisite story exquisitely told . com.. louisbayard.
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He lives in Washington, DC, and teaches at George Washington University.
His most recent novel was the critically acclaimed young-adult title Lucky Strikes.
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About the author Louis Bayard is a New York Times Notable Book author and has been shortlisted for both the Edgar and Dagger awards for his historical thrillers, which include The Pale Blue Eye and Mr.
Lincoln offers smart storytelling at the highest level.
Rich with both period detail and contemporary insight, Courting Mr.
Historians have long speculated that Lincoln and Speed had a romantic relationship, and here Bayard explores that forbidden possibility with deep empathy.
Told in alternating chapters from the points of view of Todd and Speed, this witty, psychologically astute, and brilliantly plotted novel follows the threesome during Todd and Lincoln\'s tumultuous courtship, with all the suspense and delight of the best Jane Austen novels.
Always at Lincoln\'s side, however, is the charming Joshua Speed, a shopkeeper who became his mentor in society, loyal friend, roommate--and possible lover.
The two share ambition, an obsession with politics--and a need to be suitably married off.
When sparky and independent Mary Todd arrives in Springfield, Illinois, in the 1840s to live with her sister, who is determined to find Mary a husband, she is astonished to find herself drawn to an awkward, melancholic lawyer with a gift for oratory.
Lincoln, the page-turning and surprising story of a young Abraham Lincoln and the two people who loved him best: a young, marriageable Mary Todd and Lincoln\'s best friend, Joshua Speed.
Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr.
Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window From the prizewinning author of Mr.
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If you love Jane Austen, or Hamilton, or fiction--of any era--that transports and transforms in equal measure, look no further." --A. . .
Description"A miracle; an exquisite story exquisitely told
