A Warrant for Mrs. Lincoln.A Warrant For Mrs. Lincoln By Nancy Schleifer Against the rich background of post-Civil War Chicago, A Warrant For Mrs. Lincoln blends two unique casts of historical and fictional characters This is a list of fictional characters. It has been expanded into the following lists:
Mrs. Lincoln's saga begins on an ordinary day when she answers a knock on Noun 1. knock on - (rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul) rugby, rugby football, rugger - a form of football played with an oval ball rugby, rugby football, rugger - a form of football played with an oval ball her door and is immediately informed of a warrant requiring her presence in court within an hour. Her own son, Robert, has filed the insanity petition, orchestrated the trial, and bankrolled his mother's attorney to make sure that his mother will not have an effective defense. The powerful historical context includes references and events such as President Lincoln's assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. , the Chicago fire Chicago fire conflagration destroyed most of city (1871). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 94] See : Disaster , and the former First Lady's interment in the Bellevue institution in Batavia, Illinois Batavia is a city in Kane County, Illinois. The population was 23,866 at the 2000 census. Fermilab is located in Batavia. A 2002 special census put the city's population at 25,153. Batavia is part of a Tri-Cities area, along with St. Charles and Geneva. . It is also the story of her rescue, orchestrated by Myra Bradwell, America's first woman legal publisher, who was one of the first women in the United States to apply for admission as an attorney. Both the Illinois Supreme Court and the U. S. Supreme Court denied her admission to practice law because she was a woman. The pathos of Lincoln's residency in a mental institution, and the brilliant strategy utilized to release her from the institution are dramatically narrated in A Warrant For Mrs. Lincoln. The story of the Lincoln trial is told by fictional narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. Helen Waite, who also recounts her own enduring and frustrated love story forged, quite literally, out of the Chicago fire. Jean Baker, author of Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography, said about Ms. Schleifer's novel, "Part fiction, part fact, but always true to Mary Lincoln and her principal defender Myra Bradwell, A Warrant For Mrs. Lincoln relies on flashbacks to tell this dramatic tale of a son's perfidy and a female lawyer's support for an unfairly maligned ma·lign tr.v. ma·ligned, ma·lign·ing, ma·ligns To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about; speak evil of. adj. 1. Evil in disposition, nature, or intent. 2. woman." This is a novel that will be enjoyed by Lincoln lovers, history buffs, and enthusiasts of literary fiction. Author Nancy Schleifer is a Miami attorney and child advocate. She has taught a range of literary and legal subjects in several South Florida colleges and universities and has written extensively in the legal field. For more information visit www.warrantformrslincoln. com. Trade paperback (Xilbris April 2007, 259 pages) sells for $21.99 and cloth hardback for $31.99. |
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