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Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love

por Mary Calvi

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"Love is said to be an involuntary passion, and it is, therefore, contended that it cannot be resisted." --George Washington Unrequited love might have sparked a flame that ignited a cause that became the American Revolution. Never before has this story about George Washington been told. Crafted from hundreds of letters, witness accounts, and journal entries, Dear George, Dear Mary explores George's relationship with his first love, New York heiress Mary Philipse, the richest belle in Colonial America.From elegant eighteenth-century society to bloody battlefields, the novel creates breathtaking scenes and riveting characters. Dramatic portraits of the two main characters unveil a Washington on the precipice of greatness with his insecurities and his inspirations, using the very words he had spoken and written, and his ravishing love, whose outward beauty and refinement disguise madness.Dear George, Dear Mary unveils details of a deception long hidden from the world that ultimately led Mary Philipse to named a traitor, condemned to death and left with nothing. While that may sound like the end, ultimately both Mary and George, achieve what they always wanted - freedom.… (más)
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I enjoyed this book! I really liked Mary. She's a sweet young woman. The love story is romantic! ( )
  Sassyjd32 | Dec 22, 2023 |
I won an ARC edition in a GOODREADS giveaway. ( )
  tenamouse67 | Oct 18, 2022 |
DEAR GEORGE, DEAR MARY is the story about George Washington's relationship with Mary Philipse. Mary Calvi has written a story based on hundreds of letters, witness accounts, and journal entries, reconstructing George Washington courting of New York heiress Mary Philipse.

READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW OVER AT FRESH FICTION! ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
DEAR GEORGE, DEAR MARY is the story about George Washington's relationship with Mary Philipse. Mary Calvi has written a story based on hundreds of letters, witness accounts, and journal entries, reconstructing George Washington courting of New York heiress Mary Philipse.

READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW OVER AT FRESH FICTION! ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Read my full review here. This novel is breathtaking. Mary Calvi uses beautiful language in her descriptions and captures the first flutters of love perfectly. In fact, it almost felt as if I were falling in love with George Washington myself. Calvi accomplishes in her novel what I think is the most important for a work of fiction based on a real person: she made him seem real. Going into this book, I viewed Washington as a historical figure, but one for whom I had a soft spot because he was a fellow Virginian. After reading Dear George, Dear Mary, I feel even more connected to him because, whether all of the emotions expressed in the novel were truly his or not, I felt with and for him through reading his words. How Calvi made a whole, gripping novel out of letters she read between Washington and Mary Eliza Philipse is inspiring, to say the least. She did an excellent job here. I was expecting something mediocre and got something great and memorable instead. ( )
  littlebookjockey | Sep 15, 2020 |
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A person can live or die,
no matter the breath on one's lips.

A person can be rich or poor,
no matter the pence in one's pocket.

A person can love or hate,
No matter the devotion within one's heart.

A person can be a hero or a traitor, no matter the will of one's mind.

On the 14th of February, 1756,
no matter the choice,
destiny became sealed as if etched into metal.
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To my husband, our children, my family, and our hometown
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Yonkers-on-Hudson
February 14th, 1756

Mary Eliza lay upon cold leaves whose color had washed away a season ago, wishing she could bring back the living.
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"Love is said to be an involuntary passion, and it is, therefore, contended that it cannot be resisted." --George Washington Unrequited love might have sparked a flame that ignited a cause that became the American Revolution. Never before has this story about George Washington been told. Crafted from hundreds of letters, witness accounts, and journal entries, Dear George, Dear Mary explores George's relationship with his first love, New York heiress Mary Philipse, the richest belle in Colonial America.From elegant eighteenth-century society to bloody battlefields, the novel creates breathtaking scenes and riveting characters. Dramatic portraits of the two main characters unveil a Washington on the precipice of greatness with his insecurities and his inspirations, using the very words he had spoken and written, and his ravishing love, whose outward beauty and refinement disguise madness.Dear George, Dear Mary unveils details of a deception long hidden from the world that ultimately led Mary Philipse to named a traitor, condemned to death and left with nothing. While that may sound like the end, ultimately both Mary and George, achieve what they always wanted - freedom.

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