#1621: Author Louis Bayard’s “Courting Mr. Lincoln”

August 27, 2019 00:30:00
#1621: Author Louis Bayard’s “Courting Mr. Lincoln”
The Book Show
#1621: Author Louis Bayard’s “Courting Mr. Lincoln”

Aug 27 2019 | 00:30:00

/

Show Notes

Louis Bayard’s new novel, “Courting Mr. Lincoln,” is an intimately drawn evocation of the love between the brilliant, melancholic future president and the two people who knew him best: his charming confidante Joshua Speed and his spirited future wife, Mary Todd.

Other Episodes

Episode 0

December 21, 2021 00:27:33
Episode Cover

#1744: Maggie Shipstead's "Great Circle" | The Book Show

Maggie Shipstead’s new novel “Great Circle” tracks the lives of Marian Graves and her twin brother Jamie from Prohibition-era Missoula to wartime Britain, from...

Listen

Episode

July 02, 2024 00:27:18
Episode Cover

The Book Show | Griffin Dunne - The Friday Afternoon Club

“The Friday Afternoon Club” by actor Griffin Dunne is a memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan. The book finds...

Listen

Episode

February 27, 2020 00:30:00
Episode Cover

#1648: Tom Shachtman’s “The Founding Fortunes” | The Book Show

In the new book, “The Founding Fortunes,” historian Tom Shachtman reveals the ways in which a dozen notable Revolutionaries deeply affected the finances and...

Listen