Varina : a novel /
Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the whi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2018].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history. |
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| Physical Description: | 356 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 356). |
| ISBN: | 9780062405982 0062405985 9780062834386 006283438X 9780062856135 0062856138 9780062856159 0062856154 9780062859334 0062859331 9780062856142 0062856146 9780062857552 006285755X 9780062856128 006285612X 9780062856166 0062856162 |