Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule
- ISBN-10
- 1101983833
- ISBN-13
- 9781101983836
- Category
- African American women
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Jennifer Chiaverini
Description
A novel about friendship and freedom with compelling characters based on real people from American history. Julia Grant was the wife of US President and Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant. Despite her husband's objections, Julia kept as her slave another Julia, known as Jule. Both women risked certain danger as they travelled to and from the field of war. Though Julia secretly taught Jule how to read - while Jule became her vision-impaired mistress's eyes to the world - the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation inspired Jule to make a daring bid for freedom.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule: A Novel
By Jennifer ChiaveriniIn 1844, Missouri belle Julia Dent met dazzling horseman Lieutenant Ulysses S Grant.
-
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker: A Novel
By Jennifer ChiaveriniPresents a fictionalized account of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave.
-
Mrs. Lincoln's Rival: A Novel
By Jennifer ChiaveriniThe New York Times bestselling author of Mrs.
-
The Spymistress: A Novel
By Jennifer ChiaveriniMr. Ely campaigned for his friend's release—not only was he gravely ill, but he was also a civilian—but Lieutenant Todd flatly refused. Lizzie resolved to plead Mr. Huson's case to the lieutenant herself, so she instructed Caroline to ...
-
Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters: A Novel
By Jennifer Chiaverini"--Booklist The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker returns to her most famous heroine, Mary Todd Lincoln, in this compelling story of love, loss, and sisterhood rich with history and suspense.
-
Fates and Traitors: A Novel of John Wilkes Booth
By Jennifer ChiaveriniJohn Wilkes Booth's misguided quest to avenge the vanquished Confederacy led him to commit one of the most notorious acts in the annals of America.
-
Enchantress of Numbers: A Novel of Ada Lovelace
By Jennifer Chiaverini"Cherished Reader, Should you come upon Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini . . . consider yourself quite fortunate indeed. . . . Chiaverini makes a convincing case that Ada Byron King is a woman worth celebrating.
-
Christmas Bells: A Novel
By Jennifer ChiaveriniA Novel Jennifer Chiaverini. Also from New York Times Bestselling Author JENNIFER CHIAVERINI © - Jr. - w socoa: orewmaker: jennifer CHAVERINT Tissos Hill ho to Hol - "out. -- 'I'll so o- e o W SIP - i. - - * o-o-o: |WIN - to Histoli ...
-
The Union Quilters: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
By Jennifer ChiaveriniAs the women work, hope, and pray, the men they love confront loneliness, boredom, and danger on the battlefield.
-
The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant: (Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant)
By John Y SimonHer anecdotes give fascinating glimpses into the years of the American Civil War. One recounts the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Grant insisted she and her husband turn down an invitation to the theater.