Colleen J. (shukween) reviewed An Intriguing Imagining on 12/27/2008 + 118 more book reviews

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Mary Todd Lincoln sat front and center to one of America's deepest tragedies, but has received little focus from historians and novelists alike. This novel, which attends to accurate history, shows us her inner self and life. While most know of her insanity and commitment, few imagine how she came to that point or what her perspective on that might have been, and this Ms. Newman does with excellent and believable acuity. I found it hard to put this book down, and found myself forgetting that it was historical fiction as opposed to history proper.

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