Easy reading account of the lives of Andrew and Rachel Jackson. I wish there had been more about her life. This was mainly about Andrew and his political rise. Well worth reading. ( )

An entertaining account of the controversial love story between Rachel and Andrew Jackson. They led quite amazing lives. Jackson marries Rachel while she is still another mans wife and spends the rest of his life defending her honor all the while building (and rebuilding) his political career. Jackson gets into duels, is shot (several times), and even kills a man. Throughout their lives they wrote countless love letters to each other during the long periods of separation while Andrew was off fighting wars or attending his political career and Rachel was at their Tennessee home, the Hermitage. Just when Rachel is about to get her wish of Andrew retiring and them spending the rest of their days quietly at the Hermitage, Andrew accepts the offer to run for president. Tragically, after a long campaign and many attacks on Rachel's reputation and virtue, she dies just a few weeks short of Andrew becoming president. ( )