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A New York Times Bestselling Author In 1844, Missouri belle Julia Dent met dazzling horseman Lieutenant Ulysses S Grant. Four years later when their parents permitted them to wed, the groom?s abolitionist family refused to attend. Since childhood, Julia owned as a slave another Julia. Known as Jule, she guarded her mistress?s closely held twin secrets Julia had perilously poor vision but was gifted with prophetic sight. So it was that Jule became Julia?s eyes to the world. And what a world it was . . .,
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Jennifer Chiaverini is the New York Times bestselling author of FATES AND TRAITORS, MRS. LINCOLN'S DRESSMAKER, MRS. LINCOLN'S RIVAL, THE SPYMISTRESS, MRS. GRANT AND MADAME JULE, and other acclaimed historical novels. She also wrote the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series, as well as six collections of quilt patterns inspired by her books. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, she lives with her husband and two sons in Madison, Wisconsin. About her historical fiction, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes, "In addition to simply being fascinating stories, these novels go a long way in capturing the texture of life for women, rich and poor, black and white, in those perilous years."
