Mrs. Lincoln's rival, Jennifer Chiaverini
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Mrs. Lincoln's rival, Jennifer Chiaverini
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Mrs. Lincoln's rival
Medium
large print
Responsibility statement
Jennifer Chiaverini
Series statement
Thorndike Press large print core
Summary
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 Lincoln'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 "the most brilliant woman of her day. None outshone her." None, that is, but Mary Todd Lincoln. Though Mrs. Lincoln and her young rival held much in common-political acumen, love of country, and a resolute determination to help the men they loved achieve greatness-they could never be friends, for the success of one could come only at the expense of the other
Target audience
adult
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Subject
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Fiction
- Children of politicians -- Fiction
- Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Sprague, Kate Chase, 1840-1899 -- Fiction
- Governors' spouses -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
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- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject9
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Fiction
- Children of politicians -- Fiction
- Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Sprague, Kate Chase, 1840-1899 -- Fiction
- Governors' spouses -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Content1