![]() ![]() Mary, however, would not let me off the sexual hook that easily. And as Mary was a Southern lady living in the libidinously challenged era of Queen Victoria, I would be able to get away with some euphemistic beating of dove's wings and a set of strategically drawn bed curtains. My out, I told myself, was that my book was written in the first person. Writing sex between two well-known historical figures (unless they are French) is more hard. I was, however, hoping to avoid sex with the 16th President altogether. L was an avid Spiritualist), betrayal (her dressmaker published a tell-all book about her while she was still alive), and no small amount of insanity (the book does take place in a lunatic asylum) not to mention a heaping dose of politics, war, slavery, infidelity and compulsive shopping on a Paris Hilton-esque scale. ![]() When I set out to write a historical novel about Mary Todd Lincoln, I knew I'd be dealing with seances (Mrs. ![]()
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