| The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage Contributor(s): Epstein, Daniel Mark (Author), Grupper, Adam (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1602834148 ISBN-13: 9781602834149 Publisher: BBC Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: She was witty, tempestuous, a Kentucky blueblood; he was brilliant, moody, a farmer's son born in a log-cabin. They got married on a few hours notice in 1842, when he was thirty-three and she was nearly twenty-four. In 1974, the historian Fawn Brodie predicted that a "sensitive study of the Lincoln marriage will not always defy biographers." Until now, it has. The only book-length treatment of the marriage was published in 1953, when scholars lacked today's resources, and were still struggling with deep-seated prejudices about Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln. Now Daniel Mark Epstein has produced an incisive and balanced portrait of the Lincolns, from their mysterious and troubled courtship in 1840 until his assassination in Ford's Theatre in 1865. For the first time, in The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage we can feel the full force of the tragedy that was the slow crumbling of their marriage, knowing it intimately from the first act to the last. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.69" H x 5.23" W x 6.03" (1.08 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Topical - Civil War |
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| Publisher Description: Daniel Mark Epstein has produced an incisive and balanced portrait of the Lincolns, from their mysterious and troubled courtship in 1840 until his assassination in Ford's Theatre in 1865. For the first time, in The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage we can feel the full force of the tragedy that was the slow crumbling of their marriage, knowing it intimately from the first act to the last. |
Contributor Bio(s): Epstein, Daniel Mark: - Daniel Mark Epstein has written more than fifteen books of poetry, biography, and history, including Lincoln and Whitman, which received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage, named one of the top ten books of 2008 by the Wall Street Journal and Chicago Sun-Times. He lives in Baltimore. Grupper, Adam: -Adam Grupper is a voice artist and actor. His audiobook narrations have earned six Earphones Awards and a nomination in 2008 for the prestigious Audie Award. His Broadway performances include Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme, 45 Seconds from Broadway, The Wild Party, Guys and Dolls, among others. He has appeared in such films as Two Weeks Notice and It Runs in the Family and on television in The Sopranos, Hack, Third Watch, Now and Again, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Law & Order: SVU. |