An American Marriage: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd by Michael Burlingame

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Marriage: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: December 21, 2021 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: An enlightening narrative exploring an oft-overlooked aspect of the sixteenth president's life, An American Marriage reveals the tragic story of Abraham Lincoln's marriage to Mary Todd. Based on thirty years of research, An American Marriage describes and analyzes why Lincoln had good reason to regret his marriage to Mary Todd. This revealing narrative shows that, as First Lady, Mary Lincoln accepted bribes and kickbacks, sold permits and pardons, engaged in extortion, and peddled influence. The listener comes to learn that Lincoln wed Mary Todd because, in all likelihood, she seduced him and then insisted that he protect her honor. Perhaps surprisingly, the 5'2' Mrs. Lincoln often physically abused her 6'4' husband, as well as her children and servants; she humiliated her husband in public; she caused him, as president, to fear that she would disgrace him publicly. Unlike her husband, she was not profoundly opposed to slavery and hardly qualifies as the 'ardent abolitionist' that some historians have portrayed. While she provided a useful stimulus to his ambition, she often 'crushed his spirit,' as his law partner put it. In the end, Lincoln may not have had as successful a presidency as he did—where he showed a preternatural ability to deal with difficult people—if he had not had so much practice at home.