num_pages: 320
description: While the battle scenes and political stuff seemed to drag somewhat, the true wealth of this book lies in discovering the domestic personality of George Washington. The book makes the man seem all the more human, all the more flawed and all the more courageous. The segments/chapters were short enough to keep me interested but long enough to shed some light on each aspect of his life. The part that interested me the most were the sections on how George fell in love with his friend's wife Sally, but eventually came to see that this could never be and eventually fell in love with another lady, Martha Washington. I liked how it explained that Sally was charismatic, charming, exciting to be with yet utterly taken and Martha was a quieter, more domestic, a more rational choice.. yet he was able to love them both in different ways. It was like a page out of my own history and made me relate to him in a way I never have before. This was the first historical fiction I've read in a long time, but it was good enough to make me want to go to the library and check out some more.
language: English
title: Mount Vernon Love Story
titlecomplete: Mount Vernon Love Story
characters: Mary Ball Washington, George Washington, John Adams, George William Fairfax, Martha Washington, Sally Fairfax
genres: Historical, Presidents, Novels, Adult, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 5786
publisher: Simon&Schuster