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 wh... Full description
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English
Edition
First edition.
Subjects
Davis, Varina, > 1826-1906 > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction.
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