Varina

by Charles Frazier

FictionMan-woman relationshipsHistorynyt:hardcover-fiction=2018-04-22New York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewedFiction, biographicalFiction, historical, general

"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"--

For young readers

Book data: Open Library