Crowns of thorns and glory : Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis, the two first ladies of the Civil War /

Van der Heuvel, Gerry.

Crowns of thorns and glory : Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis, the two first ladies of the Civil War / Gerry Van der Heuvel. - 1st ed. - New York : Dutton, c1988. - ix, 306 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 291-297.

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Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882.
Davis, Varina, 1826-1906.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Family.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 --Family.


Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography.
Presidents' spouses--Confederate States of America--Biography.


United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

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