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The Washingtons: George and Martha, “Join’d by Friendship, Crown’d by Love”

by Flora Fraser

A full-scale portrait of the marriage of the father and mother of our country—and of the struggle for independence that he led The Washingtons’ long union begins in colonial Virginia in 1759, when George Washington woos and weds Martha Dandridge Parke Custis, a pretty, charming, and very rich young widow. The calm early years of their marriage as plantation

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Publication date

2015

Format

Print edition

Pages

440

ISBN

9780307474438