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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
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This fascinating biography of a Louis Adams, wife of President John Quincy Adams, makes a compelling argument for why more women's stories should be told in history. In addition to thrilling passages such as her trip across Europe with only her young son and a few servants in the middle of the Napoleonic Wars, the story of her life paints an altogether different portrait of the world she and her famous husband lived in.
Louisa Thomas wrote a remarkable, insightful biography of the less studied Mrs. Adams. It was a joy to read and thoroughly researched.
I really like Louisa's story. HOWEVER, there was an error - many times the author refers to John Quincy Adams' older brother, but he didn't have an older brother. This bugged me. Where have all the editors gone?
Also, where the heck have all the editors gone? This book was TOO LONG. Very interesting though. JQA was an ass!
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Also, where the heck have all the editors gone? This book was TOO LONG. Very interesting though. JQA was an ass!
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relaxing
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Enigmatic...or is she? The thing about Mrs. Adams is that she lead a full, diverse, complicated life, and this is what is so interesting. I recommend.
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A few thoughts:
1) I am so glad I didn’t live back then.
2) I was struck by the Adams’ marriage. I don’t know if I would have been happy in that marriage.
3) I am thankful for the transportation we have available to us today.
4) As a woman, I am thankful to everyone who went before me enabling me to have the rights that I now have and have taken for granted.
5) Modern medicine. ‘Nuff said.
6) Nothing in Washington DC has changed.
1) I am so glad I didn’t live back then.
2) I was struck by the Adams’ marriage. I don’t know if I would have been happy in that marriage.
3) I am thankful for the transportation we have available to us today.
4) As a woman, I am thankful to everyone who went before me enabling me to have the rights that I now have and have taken for granted.
5) Modern medicine. ‘Nuff said.
6) Nothing in Washington DC has changed.
I knew next to nothing about Louisa Adams, and so I did indeed learn a substantial amount. Her experiences in court and especially her harrowing journey from Russia to Paris during Napoleon's return was fascinating. Sadly the rest was for the most part rather mundane. Louisa was a remarkable woman for her time, but this biography shows up close how narrow the woman's sphere truly was, and her husband INSUFFERABLE.