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Mrs. Lee & Mrs. Gray : A Novel by Dorothy Love (2016, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNelson Incorporated, Thomas
ISBN-100718042441
ISBN-139780718042448
eBay Product ID (ePID)219113626
Product Key Features
Book TitleMrs. Lee & Mrs. Gray : a Novel
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiographical, Historical
Publication Year2016
GenreFiction
AuthorDorothy Love
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16.7 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-000399
Reviews'Love (Carolina Gold), known for her works of historical mystery and romance, takes on a new challenge in this biographical novel, which traces the relationship between the wife of Robert E. Lee and Selina Norris Grey, a woman enslaved by the Lee family, between 1827 and 1873. Love writes that her inspiration for the novel was "to bring Mary Anna Randolph Lee out of the shadow of her iconic husband... and to explore the friendship between Mary and Selina." She succeeds on both counts, creating a sympathetic portrait of these two women that both engages and educates the reader. '
SynopsisA general's wife and a slave girl forge a friendship that transcends race, culture, and the crucible of Civil War. Mary Anna Custis Lee is a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and heiress to Virginia's storied Arlington house and General Washington's personal belongings. Born in bondage at Arlington, Selina Norris Gray learns to read and write in the schoolroom Mary and her mother keep for the slave children and eventually becomes Mary's housekeeper and confidante. As Mary's health declines, Selina becomes her personal maid, strengthening a bond that lasts until death parts them. Forced to flee Arlington at the start of the Civil War, Mary entrusts the keys to her beloved home to no one but Selina. When Union troops begin looting the house, it is Selina who confronts their commander and saves many of its historic treasures. In a story spanning crude slave quarters, sunny schoolrooms, stately wedding parlors, and cramped birthing rooms, novelist Dorothy Love amplifies the astonishing true-life account of an extraordinary alliance and casts fresh light on the tumultuous years leading up to and through the wrenching battle for a nation's soul. A classic American tale, Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray is the first novel to chronicle this beautiful fifty-year friendship forged at the crossroads of America's journey from enslavement to emancipation., A general's wife and a slave girl forge a friendship that transcends race, culture, and the crucible of Civil War.
LC Classification NumberPS3562.O8387M77 2016
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