Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Interesting--especially learning about the early settling of Tennessee. Rach. All the characters in his books are real and his bibliography for this book is over 100 sources used in compiling the story. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. The President's Lady is a 1953 biographical film of the life of American president, Andrew Jackson, and his marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. There were no mention of the numerous foster kids that they mentored, other than the one they adopted. Incredibly well-written. Irving Stone wrote books under the genre Biographical Fiction which is wholly based on real characters without made up characters to move the plot along. I was able to picture what it was like for Rachel to raise two children that weren't her own. The first is Clarence Darrow for the Defence. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. Martin Van Buren’s wife never made it to the White House. It follows the intertwined lives of Rachel and Andrew Jackson from their first contacts at the Donelson boarding house through to Rachel’s death. Rachel had been married young, to a scoundrel who later divorced her. Very hard to understand the stigma of it all in our day and age but the author did an outstanding job of helping you feel what was felt by The President’s Lady in her day. It was also interesting to see how many failures Andrew Jackson had in his lifetime before he was elected to the presidency. Heston in full make up actually looked quite a lot like Andrew Jackson in his later years. "Beyond any doubt one of the great romances of all time." Coming Soon, Regal All the characters in his books are real and his bibliography for this book is over 100 sources used in compiling the story. Romance from pages of American history. Former Vice President Joe Biden was elected as the 46th president of the United States on November 7, 2020, after a win in swing states, such as Nevada … It was okay. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. "Bad as the Creeks and Cherokees have behaved, they can't hold a candle to us. Historical fiction about the wife of general and president Andrew Jackson, and their passionate love for each other. Jackson took on the world head on sometimes failing mightily and other times with great victory. Haha! Thirty-four years after the publication of her dystopian classic, The Handmaid's Tale, Atwood returns to continue the story of Offred. THE PRESIDENT'S LADY is a handsome biography of Andrew Jackson, taken from the pages of Irving Stone's best-selling novel and starring CHARLTON HESTON and SUSAN HAYWARD in the leads and dealing primarily with the scandalous background of their marital lives which had a lasting effect on Rachel Jackson's health and the fact that she married Jackson when her divorce had not yet been … Throughout their lives the Jackson's had to fight his enemies claiming Rachel to be a whore. This is the love story between Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel, beginning when they are in their early 20s and she is the young wife of another man and ending when he is a new president serving in 'Washington City' and he has recently buried his most beloved wife. The opinions of the public are so fickle and violent. Very interesting to read of the history of the US in the early 1800's. 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