Title: Varina
Description: "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"--
Subjects: Fiction, Man-woman relationships, History, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2018-04-22, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, historical, general, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / War & Military
Places: United States
People: Varina Davis (1826-1906)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865