How a simple girl from a middling plantation ends up America’s very first First Lady. Martha Washington's life story told from her perspective as historical events unfold.
Martha “Patsy” Custis manages an immense eighteenth-century plantation in the Virginia colony. But as a young widow she’s hard pressed to balance her business and to care for her two young children. They need a father and protector. She needs a husband and business partner…one she can trust, especially now as tensions rise between the motherland and the American colonies. Her experience and education have sustained her thus far but when her life veers in an unexpected direction, she realizes she has so much more to learn.
Colonel George Washington takes an interest in her and she’s surprised to find him so sociable and appealing. They form an instant bond and she is certain he’ll be a likeable and loving husband and father figure for her children. She envisions a quiet life at Mount Vernon, working together to provide for their extended family.
But when trouble in the form of British oppression, taxes, and royal arrogance leads to revolt and revolution, George must choose between duty to country and Martha. Compelled to take matters into her own hands, Martha must decide whether to remain where she belongs or go with her husband… no matter what the dangerous future may hold.
Very timely offering. I just finished watching the History Channel miniseries on George Washington and learned a bit more about Martha from the series. Especially when she visited him at Valley Forge and helped him and his army through that terrible winter of frostbite and starvation.
I love accurate historical fiction. I'm not fond of the paranormal, but I realize that throughout history people were superstitious and had some strange beliefs about how things were/are. And how she carried out his wishes precisely after he died. I'm not a reader like you, so will be reading the book. But I certainly will look out for the movie and/or miniseries.
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