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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book extremely interesting.  I didn't know anything at all about Abraham Lincoln's wife or children.  I really enjoyed the book, even though Mary wasn't a character I loved.  But it's always interesting to learn about real people and their struggles.  And once you learn more of their pe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25541552">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Irving Stone is quickly becoming a favorite author.  Never a great fan of reading history just for the sake of reading it, Stone brings history to life by using the historical fiction genre and providing interesting dialogue.  I didn't know much about the Lincolns when I started reading this, other ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48499587">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For some reason this was a very slow book for me to read.  I get frustrated with historical fiction sometimes because I like to have the historical parts separated from the authors ideas of what may have taken place or what may have been said.  I think that I prefer David McCullogh when reading hist...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59360643">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great historical fiction book.  It gave a good look at both Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln.  They had many struggles and it is amazing what he was able to get accomplished.  She was a very strong personality, quite a snob that did a lot of things just because she wanted to. It was a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23283367">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for my neighborhood book group and I wasn't a huge fan.  This book is a historical fiction.  I found myself depressed reading about how sad a life Abe Lincoln and his wife had.  The whole time there was sadness and very little happiness.  And the book is way long (505 pg.) for all t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41056157">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not my typical type of book; however, it was educational to say the least.  I would like to know which parts were actual history and which were the creative ones.  If Abraham Lincoln is described accurately in this book, I don't know how he ever became President of the United States, except ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61943075">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love Is Eternal tells Mary Todd Lincoln's side of the story, and I loved reading it even though I knew how it would end. The most upsetting part to me was the looting of the White House during parties and after Lincoln's death. People just came in and took things.  This is another historical fiction...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65174195">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite book!<br/><br/>Great quote:<br/>&quot;A wave of almost unendurable happiness swept over her.  Long ago Abraham had said, 'Love is eternal,' and she had thought, if one can live that long.  Well, she had endured.<br/>She must always remember that: love ebbed and flowed, now rich and s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19612605">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would probably give this 3 1/2 stars if I could.  I enjoyed the historical book being written as a novel (with dialog).  I have learned that Mary Todd Lincoln was a different woman than i thought she was.  Not someone I think I would have gotten a long with.  But she pushed Lincoln thru all of his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39345842">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those obscure books I stumbled upon in a library around 5 years ago. Really enjoyed it...and could not remember the name!!! I just found it on goodreads and ordered it!! Yeah!!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I want to read more about Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln.  I also want to visit Springfield, Illinois now.  This book kind of vindicated Mary Todd, she wasn't as crazy as you might have thought.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I lived in Colorado I belonged to a book club.  This was years ago, and they weren't quite so popular as they are now. We had 12 members and we each chose a book for our month.  <br/><br/>This was one of the titles on our list.  I am not a big fan of romance novels.  I am a big believer in no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22849640">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was kind of depressing, but very insightful.  I realized I really didn't know anything about Abraham Lincoln and even less about his wife.  Talk about hard lives - they pretty much failed at everything for a long time.  If this had been a work of fiction, I would have thought it a stretch ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44597908">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good historical biography of Abraham Lincoln through the life of Mary Todd.  If your interest is more Lincoln than Todd, I might suggest other books.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a wonderful book about Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln.  It is well written.  I love how Irving Stone makes history come alive. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1957</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jul 30 10:25:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book many years ago and I was so impressed by the depth of the personal story of a historic character (Abraham Lincoln). I didn't realize then what a historical novel really was all about and I took the entire book as accurate. Still today, it is one of my most favorite books and Irving ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24431355">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best biographical novels ever, made Mary Lincoln and her family come alive. One of my top tens.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in 1965 and still remember it as one of my favorite books.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I first read this book when I was 17 years old.  I was given an old hard copy of it a year or so ago. I just finished it last week.<br/><br/>This is the love story of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.  It is wonderful.  I love the history that is blended into the story.  It is historically accurate, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18060081">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading this book, but I gave this book only 3 stars.  It told the story of how Abe and Mary met, married, started a family, and earned their place in The White House. But I was disappointed that the story ended so abruptly after Abe's death. I wished it had gone on more about what ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13306346">more...</a>]]></body>
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