Chiaverini has created a wonderful novel with her extensive research — not only on Kate Chase, but also on the battles on the senate floor and out in the field. — RT Book Reviews Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival ... Read more »
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MLR: Columbus Dispatch
Jennifer Chiaverini’s sparkling new historical novel, Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival, is set during the War Between the States, but its subject is a different type of civil war: that between two intelligent, politically savvy women. — Columbus Dispatch Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival ... Read more »
Books & Company in Dayton, Ohio
What's round on both ends and high in the middle? Ohio, of course! This evening at 7 PM I'll be returning to Books & Company in Dayton to introduce readers to The Spymistress. ... Read more »
MLD: The Washingtonian
[An] enlightening new historical novel...Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker vividly imagines how the Civil War touched daily life in Washington. — The Washingtonian Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker ... Read more »
MLD: Bookreporter
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker is a wonderful novel...Jennifer Chiaverini has researched her history well, and writes elegantly and formally. The perspective is third-person and emphasizes the historical and real over image and gossip. The novel paints a broad picture of what it must have been like ... Read more »
MLD: USA Today
3 out of 4 stars. If you saw Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and wondered about the black woman who sits next to Mary Todd Lincoln (played by Sally Field) up in the Congressional balcony, here's your book. A former slave, Elizabeth Keckley was a remarkably gifted seamstress who established ... Read more »