Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker
Author – Jennifer Chiaverini
Publisher – A Plume Book
Copyright – 2013
ISBN – 978-0-14-218035-8
Paperback – 356 Pages
Jennifer Chiaverini is a New York Times bestselling author. Chiaverini is the author of the much loved Elm Creek Quilt Series. If one was looking, they could find Chiaverini’s books not only at book stores but Quilt stores also all across the United States. She is a graduate of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. Chiaverini resides with her husband and two sons in Madison, Wisconsin.
Other books written by Jennifer Chiaverini are The Giving Quilt, Sonoma Rose, The Wedding Quilt, The Union Quilter, The Aloha Quilt, Circle of Quilters and many more. One of her latest books that recently came on the market is Spymistress.
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker is a historical novel about the private lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln. The view of the Lincoln’s life is through the eyes of the first lady’s trusted friend and her dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley.
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker is written in a lifetime that spans a century and witnessed the most momentous events in American History. Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley was born a slave. Keckley was a gifted seamstress who earned her freedom by her skill of a needle. She became friends and was devoted to Mary Lincoln. Keckley knew Mrs. Lincoln from the time she lived in the White House until the end of Mrs. Lincoln’s days.
Wonderful historical novel. The characters just grasp the reader up to the point where it is impossible to put the book down. The reader of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker feels drawn into the horrific time period this book takes place in. I am quilter and I love history. The book is truly amazing!
Book Review
Carole Walsh Scott
