Daniel Mark Epstein

Offers a glimpse of the Lincolns' passionate, sometimes troubled marriage, from their early years in Illinois and their joys and sorrows as parents, to the White House years and Mrs. Lincoln's life following her husband's death.

Portrait of a Marriage

The Lincolns

Jeni Enjaian

Word of advice. If you've ever read Team of Rivals, avoid this book like the plague. If you haven't I recommend Team of Rivals not this book. To start, the narrator (I listened to the audiobook) was incredibly boring. He seemed to lack the ability to lend the text proper inflection. The book itself reads like historical fiction. That is not a positive. The author also makes a mountain out of a molehill of evidence Asia necessary for someone wanting to write a narrative like this when the historical actors purposefully destroyed intimate evidence. Lastly, the final passage, the assassination scene, grated my nerves so much I almost didn't finish. The author depends heavily on present tense including frequent use of the present progressive. Not only does this not flow with the rest of the narrative but it's also a sign of lazy authorship. There are so many better books about Lincoln.

The Lincolns Portrait of a Marriage