PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2015 by Flora Fraser
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, in 2015.
Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fraser, Flora.
The Washingtons : George and Martha, “join’d by friendship, crown’d by love” / Flora Fraser.—First edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9780307272782 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 9781101875858 (eBook) 1. Washington, George, 1732–1799—Marriage. 2. Washington, Martha, 1731–1802—Marriage. 3. Presidents—United States—Biography. 4. Presidents’ spouses—United States—Biography. 5. Generals—United States—Biography. 6. Generals’ spouses—United States—Biography. 7. United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783—Biography. I. Title.
E312.19.F85 2015
973.4’10922—dc23
[B] 2014045521
Cover image: The Washington Family, 1789–1796 by Edward Savage (detail), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C./Bridgeman Images
Cover design by Kelly Blair
Endpaper maps by David Lindroth
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