Dolley Softcover - 1994
by BROWN, Rita Mae
- Used
- near fine
- first
Rita Mae Brown's fascinating recreation of the life of Dolley Madison is a masterful blend of fact and fiction. Dolley was the remarkable First Lady who had the President's ear and the nation's heart, a Washington hostess of world-renowned charm, and a legendary figure who barely escaped as her beloved city burned.
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Details
- Title Dolley
- Author BROWN, Rita Mae
- Binding Softcover
- Edition First Printing
- Condition Used - Near Fine
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bantam, New York
- Date 1994
- Bookseller's Inventory # 569605
- ISBN 9780553569490 / 055356949X
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 6.85 x 4.19 x 1.19 in (17.40 x 10.64 x 3.02 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
From the publisher
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From the jacket flap
She's the wife of the fourth president of the United States; a spirited charmer who adores parties, the latest French fashions, and the tender, brilliant man who is her husband. But while many love her, few suspect how complex Dolley Madison really is.
Only in the pages of her diary--as imagined by novelist Rita Mae Brown--can Dolley fully reveal herself. And there we discover the real first lady--impulsive, courageous, and wise--as she faces her harshest trial: in 1814, the United States is once more at war with mighty Britain, and her beloved James is the most hated man in America.
From the White House receptions she gaily presides over to her wild escape from a Washington under siege, "Dolley gives us a legend, made warmly human. For there has never been a first lady so testedeor one who came through the fire so brilliantly.
