RaveThe Huffington Post...the book crackles when dealing with young love and romance, both Lincoln’s tortured romance with Mary Todd and Cage’s arrangement with a young seamstress named Ellen. Harrigan has a true gift for crafting female characters that navigate the constraints of their time with a stubborn deftness ... Meticulously researched, gorgeously rendered, A Friend of Mr. Lincoln is a powerful historical novel of friendship, love and ambition.
