Courting Mr. Lincoln Bayard Louis
A page-turning novel about the brilliant, melancholic future president and the two people who knew him best: his handsome and charming confidant (and roommate), Joshua Speed, and the spirited young…
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A page-turning novel about the brilliant, melancholic future president and the two people who knew him best: his handsome and charming confidant (and roommate), Joshua Speed, and the spirited young debutante Mary Todd.A Washington Post BestsellerA May Indie Next PickAn Apple Books Best of the Month for AprilA People Magazine Best Book of the Week "Exquisite." --People "A triumph of a novel." --Bookreporter.com "Rich, fascinating, and romantic." --NewsdayWhen Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the winter of 1840, he is on no one's short list to be president. A country lawyer living above a dry goods shop, he is lacking both money and manners, and his gift for oratory surprises those who meet him. Mary, a quick, self-possessed debutante with an interest in debates and elections, at first finds him an