Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker is a literary fiction book by author Jennifer Chiaverini.
Jennifer Chiaverini sheds new light on the extraordinary friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley. A former slave has won his freedom through her needlework skills and the First Lady’s friendship through her devotion.

In Mrs. Lincoln’s Tailor, novelist Jennifer Chiaverini presents a wonderful story of the blossoming friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her tailor, Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Keckley. A former slave gained fame in his profession in Washington, D.C. thanks to the costumes for the city’s elite. Keckley made history by sewing for First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln in the White House, a trusted witness to many of the private moments between the President and his wife, two of the most fascinating figures in history. US history.

In March 1861, Mrs. Lincoln selected Keckley from among several candidates to be her personal “executive”, responsible not only for creating dresses for the First Lady but also for wearing for the First Lady. Mrs. Lincoln beautiful costumes that Keckley designed. The relationship between the two women rapidly progressed. As Keckley becomes drawn into the intimate life of the Lincoln family, supports Mary Todd Lincoln in the loss of her first son. Then her husband in an assassination that shocked the whole country and the world.

Keckley saved crumbs from dozens of gowns she made for Mrs. Lincoln, eventually putting them together into a tribute called the Mary Todd Lincoln Quilt. She also saved memories that she made into a book, Behind the Scenes: Thirty Years of Slavery and Four Years in the White House. Keckley’s memoir created a scandal that forced Mary Todd Lincoln to sever all ties with her, but in the decades since, Keckley’s story has sunk in the archives. Chiaverini brings history to life in rich and moving style.

The novel follows a young girl to adulthood and focuses on her father’s enslavement to this great nation under the leadership of the great liberator and the events during his presidency. President Lincoln until his death! The author has researched people, places and events combining history with fiction by adding her own dialogues and situations to create touching and heartbreaking stories!
Jennifer Chiaverini easily captures your attention; Her writing flows effortlessly through a variety of events and situations, but she keeps it clean without being vulgar or over-dramatic in a romantic way.

• Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker

• By: Jennifer Chiaverini
• Narrated by: Christina Moore

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