Mount Vernon Love Story A Novel of George and Martha Washington

"Charming, insightful and immensely entertaining in its unique presentation of one of America's legendary figures," Mount Vernon Love Story, "by Mary Higgins Clark, shows the reader the man behind the legend, a man of flesh, blood and passion, and in the author's skilled hands, the story and the man come fully and dramatically alive." Mary Higgins Clark's interest in George Washington was first sparked by a radio series she was writing in the 1960s, on American presidents. Always a lover of history, she wrote this biographical novel -- her first book -- and titled it "Aspire to the Heavens," the family motto of Washington's mother. The book was published in 1969. Its recent discovery by a Washington family descendent led to this reissue under its new title. In researching Washington's life, Mary Higgins Clark was surprised to find the engaging man behind the pious legend. He was a giant of a man in every way, starting with his physical height. He was the best dancer in the colony of Virginia and also a master horseman. She dispels the widespread belief that although George Washington married an older woman, a widoClark, Mary Higgins is the author of 'Mount Vernon Love Story A Novel of George and Martha Washington' with ISBN 9780743233804 and ISBN 0743233808.