Mrs. Lincoln's Rival

Mrs. Lincoln's Rival
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The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincolnâ€™s Dressmaker and Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule, Jennifer Chiaverini, reveals the famous First Ladyâ€™s very public social and political contest with Kate Chase Sprague, memorialized as â€œone of the most remarkable women ever known to Washington society.â€ (Providence Journal)

Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase, rose to prominence in the antebellum years and was appointed secretary of the treasury in Abraham Lincolnâ€™s cabinet, while aspiring to even greater heights.

Beautiful, intelligent, regal, and entrancing, young Kate Chase stepped into the role of establishing her thrice-widowed father in Washington society and as a future presidential candidate. Her efforts were successful enough that The Washington Star declared her â€œthe most brilliant woman of her day. None outshone her.â€

None, that is, but Mary Todd Lincoln. Though Mrs. Lincoln and her young rival held much in commonâ€”political acumen, love of country, and a resolute determination to help the men they loved achieve greatnessâ€”they could never be friends, for the success of one could come only at the expense of the other. When Kate Chase married William Sprague, the wealthy young governor of Rhode Island, it was widely regarded as the pinnacle of Washington society weddings. President Lincoln was in attendance. The First Lady was not.

Jennifer Chiaverini excels at chronicling the lives of extraordinary yet littleknown women through historical fiction. What she did for Elizabeth Keckley in Mrs. Lincolnâ€™s Dressmaker and for Elizabeth Van Lew in The Spymistress she does for Kate Chase Sprague in Mrs. Lincolnâ€™s Rival.
Country USA
Brand Dutton
Manufacturer Dutton
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 118912
ReleaseDate 2014-01-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780525954286

Country	USA
Brand	Dutton
Manufacturer	Dutton
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	118912
ReleaseDate	2014-01-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780525954286

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