The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr
Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 831 pages ; 23 cm.
"He was a hero of the Revolution, a brilliant politician, lawyer, and very nearly president; a skillful survivor in a raw new country filled with constantly shifting loyalties. Today Aaron Burr is remembered more for the fatal duel that killed rival Alexander Hamilton. But long before that single shot destroyed Burr's political career, there were other dark whispers about him- that he was untrustworthy, a libertine, a man unafraid of claiming whatever he believed should be his. Sold into slavery as a child in India, Mary Emmons was brought to an America torn by war. Toughened by the experiences of her young life, Mary is intelligent, resourceful, and strong. She quickly gains the trust of her new mistress, Theodosia Prevost, and becomes indispensable in acomplicated household filled with intrigue-especially when the now-widowed Theodosia marries Colonel Aaron Burr. As Theodosia sickens with the fatal disease that will finally kill her, Mary and Burr are drawn together into a private world of power and passion, and a secret, tangled union that would have shocked the nation . . "-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Thorndike Press® Large Peer Historical Fiction
Subjects:
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 -- Relations with women -- Fiction.
Vice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 -- Relations with women -- Fiction.
Vice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Fiction.
Large type books.
ISBN:
1432872222
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