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Washington's Lady (2008)

by Nancy Moser(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0764205005 (ISBN13: 9780764205002)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Bethany House Publishers

series

Ladies of History

review 1: I remember reading a biography of Martha Washington back when I was a kid, so reading a more complete fiction work seemed like fun. I liked this - it made Martha Washington into an imperfect person, but one that I could understand.I especially liked at the end, where the author took the time to explain why she had written this book and where she had filled in gaps and made things up. I appreciated that she took the time to do so and let us know she didn't just change things to be more exciting, but to better tell the story.
review 2: Martha is one of those Revolutionary women that has always intrigued me, but is one that I don’t know much about (I am much more well versed with Abigail Adams and Dolley Madison). The part of her life that I knew the most about ... morewas the Presidential years, so I was most interested in reading about her earlier life, especially her first husband, Daniel Custis. Interestingly, last summer while in Williamsburg, Virginia I accidentally happened upon the graves of Daniel Custis and two of their children, which intrigued me to know more.A decent amount of time was spent on her marriage to Daniel Custis – comparable to the seven years in which they were married. While I didn’t get to know Daniel as well George Washington, I felt that Moser gave us enough to understand Martha’s relationship with him. On the other hand, Martha was portrayed well. She was given her own voice, in her own age. It is obvious that she was a strong and passionate woman – she held a lot of things together following Daniel’s death prior to her marriage to George. I was thrilled to see the family side of George Washington. He is typically portrayed as more reserved and stoic. Here we see him actually get mad as well as be very loving with his family.The novel doesn’t spend much time on the actual Presidential years. The majority of the time spent on the Washington marriage is dedicated to the Revolutionary War years and then the retirement years following the presidency. I would have liked a little more about how Martha handled the years in the capital city. It almost glazed over this period, just barely touching upon certain aspects. As this is the aspect most people already know about, I can understand the desire to skip over it, but when the rest of her life was treated relatively chronologically, it stood out as an omission.Overall Martha was done justice by Moser novel treatment. I felt that she really came alive within the pages. While there are some areas that I think could have been improved, it was overall an enjoyable novel.The audio production was just OK. I didn’t love the narrator’s voice and there wasn’t great definition of characters.This review was previously posted @ The Maiden's Court. Was received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. less

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