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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.70922
EAN: 9780345477996
ISBN: 0345477995
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: May 20, 2008
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Sales Rank: 40536
Studio: Ballantine Books
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Rating:  - Facinating portrait of Lincoln and his Lady
I come from Paris, Illinois and grew up with the mistique of Lincoln. He was a circuit Lawyer who tried cases in the Paris Court House. My parents owned a piano that matched one in the Lincoln White House. I heard a review of the book on NPR and was intrigued. Now is a great time to become more familiar with Lincoln. Our president-elect Obama makes reference to events and speeches recounted from Lincoln's Springfield days. It reads like a novel and paints wonderful vinettes of life in the 1830s ... Read More
Rating:  - Framing of the shrew
Epstein's biography of President and Mrs. Lincoln's marriage is relentlessly depressing. Is it an accurate reflection of their living relationship? Perhaps, but it is hard to see in this account the genius who belonged to the ages.
In Epstein's view, Lincoln's fault was an occasional distance that removed him spiritually and psychologically from a scene even when he was bodily there; Mary Lincoln's faults, were, well, everything else. No doubt she is a tragic figure in history, but ... Read More
Rating: - The Lincolns: Biographer Epstein does a splendid job in presenting tumultuous and tragic marriage of Abraham and Mary Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was a poor Kentuckian who rose to national stature becoming elected our 16th President of the United States in 1861. Most lists of the best presidents place him at the top. His wife Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) was the daughter of the socially prominent Todd family of Lexington, Ky. Their marriage was difficult, tragic and worthy of the skills of a great biographer.Epstein succeeds in his portrayal of their troubled life together in nineteenth century frontier America ... Read More
Rating:  - Way Too Biased in Favor of Mary
The "portrait" of this famous couple's relationship is not an accurate portrayal, rather it is a whitewashing of Mary Lincoln's destructive role in it. While there can be no doubt that it began with great cherishing on both sides, Mary's narcissistic, violent and venal character twisted their love into something so meaningless that little survived it but tolerant loyalty on his part and hysteria on hers.
As the author admits, it is no longer fashionable to paint Lincoln as a saint and the ... Read More
Rating: - Adequate
I have not finished this book yet but will soldier on through to the end. I have read so many books about Abraham Lincoln and also about Mary Todd Lincoln and have found them much more readable. I feel the author has tried to drag out the narrative to fill a 500 page book. The lives of A. and M.T. Lincoln are so compelling and the book should be as well. P
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