description: The Five of Hearts, who first gathered in Washington in the Gilded Age, included Henry Adams, historian and scion of America's first political dynasty; his wife, Clover, gifted photographer and tragic victim of depression; John Hay, ambassador and secretary of state; his wife, Clara, a Midwestern heiress; and Clarence King, pioneering geologist, entrepreneur, and man of mystery. They knew every president from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt and befriended Henry James, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and a host of other illustrious figures on both sides of the Atlantic.
language: English
title: The Five of Hearts
titlecomplete: The Five of Hearts
genres: Historical, History, American History, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 139
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography
publisher: Random House Value Publishing