Mary Lincoln Biography of a Marriage..., Ruth Painter Randall
Mary Lincoln Biography of a Marriage..., Ruth Painter Randall
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Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage

Author: Ruth Painter Randall

Narrator: Nicole Carino

Unabridged: 17 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2019


Synopsis

Many people in history have claimed that Abraham Lincoln never loved Mary Todd Lincoln, and that in fact his love was focused upon Anne Rutledge.
They have claimed that his wife hurt him politically though she drove him to the Presidency, that she embarrassed him financially as well as socially and inflicted on him the agony of adjustment to her psychopathic personality.
Yet, is there any truth to any of these claims?
Ruth Painter Randall’s brilliant biography of Mary and Abraham Lincoln sheds new light upon their marriage and dispels the myths that have surrounded it.
By using a huge quantity of material, including long-lost telegrams and letters, Randall has reconstructed what the marriage was truly like and provided a picture of Mary Lincoln without any prejudice or unsupported evidence.
This book rehabilitates the reputation of Mary Lincoln and deserves to be read by all those who wish to find the truth about the remarkable relationship between Mary and her husband and the impact that she made on him throughout his years in office.

Reviews

Goodreads review by HR-ML on March 07, 2024

***********SPOILERS************** My Kindle version had 572 pages. This served as a dual biography of Abe & Mary Todd Lincoln (hereafter A&M). He called her "Molly" & she "Mr. Lincoln." Once they had children, they preferred to call each other "Father" & "Mother." Letters, interviews & news articles......more

Goodreads review by Carol on February 07, 2019

A Very Good Read I found this book very insightful. Even though published a while ago, it appears well researched. What impresses me the most, I think, is I've not read a book on Mary Lincoln that has this much information about her. I find it awful that many rumors about Mrs. Lincoln, stemming from......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on March 08, 2024

A fascinating study of a sad life. Ms Randall works hard to establish context and at times you'll feel transported to the 19th century. It's hard to believe that she was only 63 years old when she died. She endured so much tragedy, it's easy to assume she was older. If you're not steeped in Lincoln......more

Goodreads review by Christina on December 18, 2018

Remarkable book I have always been interested in the life of Mary Todd Lincoln . This book gave me a whole new opinion of her. It shows how messed up politics are even today. Their marriage was so loving. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in history.......more

Goodreads review by Dick on June 26, 2021

I came to own this book thanks to a former employee in one of my offices and who now is a dear friend. Her name is Charlotte Cook. My wife Shari and I visited her s few months back and she was about to give away some books, of which many were Civil War related. I took quite a number of which this wa......more