num_pages: 276
description: With this revelatory and painstakingly researched book, Martha Washington , the invisible woman of American history, at last gets the biography she deserves. In place of the domestic frump of popular imagination, Patricia Brady resurrects the wealthy, attractive, and vivacious young widow who captivated the youthful George Washington. Here are the able landowner, the indomitable patriot (who faithfully joined her husband each winter at Valley Forge), and the shrewd diplomat and emotional mainstay. And even as it brings Martha Washington into sharper and more accurate focus, this sterling life sheds light on her marriage, her society, and the precedents she established for future First Ladies.
language: English
title: Martha Washington: An American Life
titlecomplete: Martha Washington: An American Life
characters: Martha Washington
genres: Historical, Biography, Politics, American Revolution, Nonfiction, Womens, American History, Biography Memoir, American Revolutionary War, History
ratings_count: 1506
publisher: Penguin Books