A page-turning novel about the brilliant, melancholic future president and the two people who knew him best: his handsome and charming confidant (and roommate), Joshua Speed, and the spirited young debutante Mary Todd.
About the Author Louis Bayard is a New York Times Notable Book author and has been shortlisted for both the Ed.
Louis Bayard, a master storyteller, delivers here a page-turning tale of love, longing, and forbidden possibilities.
Lincoln creates a sympathetic and complex portrait of Mary unlike any that has come before; a moving portrayal of the deep and very real connection between the two men; and most of all, an evocation of the unformed man who would grow into one of the nation\'s most beloved presidents.
Told in the alternating voices of Mary Todd and Joshua Speed, and inspired by historical events, Courting Mr.
But as her relationship with Lincoln deepens, she must confront his inseparable friendship with Speed, who has taught his roommate how to dance, dress, and navigate the polite society of Springfield. "I can only hope," she tells his roommate, the handsome, charming Joshua Speed, "that his waters being so very still, they also run deep." It\'s not long, though, before she sees the Lincoln that Speed knows: an amiable, profound man who, despite his awkwardness, has a gentle wit to match his genius, and who respects her keen political mind.
Mary, a quick, self-possessed debutante with an interest in debates and elections, at first finds him an enigma.
A country lawyer living above a dry goods shop, he is lacking both money and manners, and his gift for oratory surprises those who meet him. com "Rich, fascinating, and romantic." --Newsday When Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the winter of 1840, he is on no one\'s short list to be president.
A Washington Post Bestseller A May Indie Next Pick An Apple Books Best of the Month for April A People Magazine Best Book of the Week "Exquisite." --People "A triumph of a novel." --Bookreporter.
A page-turning novel about the brilliant, melancholic future president and the two people who knew him best: his handsome and charming confidant (and roommate), Joshua Speed, and the spirited young debutante Mary Todd
