Frances Wilson

George and Martha Washington were an odd first First Couple

But the towering general and his diminutive, homely wife were devoted to one another, as Flora Fraser reveals in her dual biography

issue 05 December 2015
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  • George and Martha Washington

    Flora Fraser

    Bloomsbury, pp. 436

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