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Calvi, Mary, 1969-
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Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Fiction.
Philipse, Mary, 1730-1825 -- Fiction.
Love-letters -- Fiction.
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Calvi, Mary, 1969-
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Fiction.
Philipse, Mary, 1730-1825 -- Fiction.
Love-letters -- Fiction.
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Dear George, Dear
Mary
/
Mary
Calvi.
by
Calvi,
Mary
, 1969-
St. Martin's Press, 2019.
Call #:
FICTION
CAL
Subjects
Washington, George, 1732-1799
--
Fiction
.
Philipse
,
Mary
,
1730-1825
--
Fiction
.
Love-letters
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9781250162946 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 322 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-319).
Summary:
"Love is said to be an involuntary passion, and it is, therefore, contended that it cannot be resisted." --George Washington Unrequited love might have sparked a flame that ignited a cause that became the American Revolution. Never before has this story about George Washington been told. Crafted from hundreds of letters, witness accounts, and journal entries, Dear George, Dear
Mary
explores George's relationship with his first love, New York heiress
Mary
Philipse
, the richest belle in Colonial America.From elegant eighteenth-century society to bloody battlefields, the novel creates breathtaking scenes and riveting characters. Dramatic portraits of the two main characters unveil a Washington on the precipice of greatness with his insecurities and his inspirations, using the very words he had spoken and written, and his ravishing love, whose outward beauty and refinement disguise madness.Dear George, Dear
Mary
unveils details of a deception long hidden from the world that ultimately led
Mary
Philipse
to named a traitor, condemned to death and left with nothing. While that may sound like the end, ultimately both
Mary
and George, achieve what they always wanted - freedom."--Publisher.
Genre:
Historical
fiction
.
Biographical
fiction
.
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1
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