The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker and Mrs. Lincoln's Rival imagines the inner life of Julia Grant, beloved as a Civil War general's wife and the First Lady, yet who grappled with a profound and complex relationship with the slave who was her namesake--until she forged a proud identity of her own.In 1844, Missouri belle Julia Dent met dazzling horseman Lieutenant Ulysses S Grant. Four years passed before their parents permitted them to wed, and the groom's abolitionist family refused to attend the ceremony.Since childhood, Julia owned as a slave another Julia, known as Jule. Jule guarded her mistress's closely held twin secrets: She had perilously poor vision but was gifted with prophetic sight. So it was that Jule became Julia's eyes to the world.And what a world it was, marked by gathering clouds of war. The Grants vowed never to be separated, but as Ulysses rose through the ranks--becoming general in chief of the Union Army--so did the stakes of their pact. During the war, Julia would travel, often in the company of Jule and the four Grant children, facing unreliable transportation and certain danger to be at her husband's side.Yet Julia and Jule saw two different wars. While Julia spoke out for women--Union and Confederate--she continued to hold Jule as a slave behind Union lines. Upon the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Jule claimed her freedom and rose to prominence as a businesswoman in her own right, taking the honorary title Madame. The two women's paths continued to cross throughout the Grants' White House years in Washington, DC, and later in New York City, the site of Grant's Tomb.Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule is the first novel to chronicle this singular relationship, bound by sight and shadow.

Product Description: Quality playing cards with "easy deal" edges, featuring the work of best-selling author of the Elm Creek Quilts series, Jennifer Chiaverini. Quilt design detail from Jennifer's quilt Sylvia's Bridal Sampler from her book Sylvia's Bridal Sampler from Elm Creek Quilts.

A New York Times Bestselling Author When an unfinished Christmas quilt is discovered at Elm Creek Manor on Christmas Eve, matriarch Sylvia Bergstrom Compson reveals that it was created over several generations of her family. Her tales of holidays past and family history illuminate the importance of women's art and its place in commemorating our experiences, at Christmastime, and in every season. Simultaneous Publication with Simon & Schuster's Standard Print edition.

A New York Times Bestselling Author Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Ohio, second daughter to the second wife of Salmon P. Chase, who rose to prominence in the antebellum years. Appointed to Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet, Chase aspired to even greater heights. Beautiful and intelligent, young Kate took on the role of establishing her thrice-widowed father in Washington society. And as The Washington Star declared: "None outshone her." None, that is, but Mary Todd Lincoln.

Product Description: In this riveting tale of high-stakes espionage inspired by the life of "a true Union woman true as steel‚" a great heroine of the Civil War finally gets her due. Born to slave-holding aristocracy in Richmond‚ Virginia‚ and educated by Northern Quakers‚ Elizabeth Van Lew was a paradox of her time...read more

A seasonally themed Elm's Creek Quilts tale finds master quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson tackling a new quilt for her reluctant daughter-in-law that depicts holiday memories of Elm Creek Manor.

Product Description: A beautiful keepsake volume to accompany the beloved New York Times bestselling seriesOver the course of the bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series, readers have expressed a longing to visit Elm Creek Manor, meet the quilters themselves, and admire their beautiful creations...read more

Chosen as the personal modiste for Mary Todd Lincoln, freedwoman Elizabeth Keckley is drawn into the intimate life of the Lincoln family as she supports Mary in the loss of her husband from the assassination that stunned the nation and the world. (historical fiction). Simultaneous.

Product Description: • Made from 100% recycled polypropylene—plastic water bottles!• Sturdy with reinforced stitching all around • Shoulder-length handle makes it easier to carry• So affordable – buy one for you and another for a friendShop until you drop with this sturdy tote featuring lovely details from quilts designed by Jennifer Chiaverini and featured in her book, Elm Creek Quilts...read more

Product Description: Every stitch makes a difference in "New York Times" bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini's artful, inspiring novel that imagines what good would come from practicing the holiday spirit each and every day of the year. At Elm Creek Manor, the week after Thanksgiving is "Quiltsgiving," a time to commence a season of generosity...read more

Product Description: "New York Times" bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini returns with a Prohibition-era novel about one woman's journey to save her family--and herself With the nation in the throes of Prohibition, Rosa Diaz Barclay unwittingly discovers that her husband, John, has given over the duties of their Southern California rye farm in favor of armed bootlegging...read more

Product Description: The "New York Times" bestseller celebrates one of America's most romantic and enduring traditions As her daughter's wedding day approaches, Sarah McClure reflects upon Elm Creek brides past and present--the traditions they honored, the legacies they bequeathed, the wedding quilts that contain their stories in every stitch...read more

Product Description: The New York Times bestseller celebrates one of America’s most romantic and enduring traditionsAs her daughter’s wedding day approaches, Sarah McClure reflects upon Elm Creek brides past and present—the traditions they honored, the legacies they bequeathed, the wedding quilts that contain their stories in every stitch...read more

Product Description: From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, this riveting novel in the Elm Creek Quilts series is thick with secrets in the years before the Civil War. History is thick with secrets—and Pre–Civil War America comes to vivid life—in this stunning and suspense-charged Elm Creek Quilts novel from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini Abolitionist schoolteacher Dorothea Granger faces the ultimate test of her courage and convictions when the national debate over slavery sets friends and neighbors against one another in rural Creek’s Crossing, Pennsylvania...read more

Product Description: In this heartwarming novel about the meaning of friendship, the Elm Creek quilters pay tribute to their beloved matriarch and the bridal quilt that will be stitched in her honor.The Elm Creek Quilters are as surprised as anyone when their beloved matriarch, Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, marries her sweetheart, Andrew, at a festive holiday gathering at her ancestral home on Christmas Eve...read more

Product Description: A New York Times Bestseller -- In 1862, the men of Water’s Ford, Pennsylvania, rally to President Lincoln’s call while Dorothea Granger marshals her friends to "wield their needles for the Union." Meanwhile, Anneke Bergstrom hides the shame she feels for her husband’s pacifism; gifted writer Gerda Bergstrom takes on local Southern sympathizers in the pages of the Water’s Ford Register; and Constance Wright struggles to help her husband gain entry to the Union Army -- despite the color of his skin...read more