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A profile of the controversial marriage between the thirty-second president and his wife examines such charges as FDR's alleged romance with Lucy Mercer and Eleanor's purported lesbianism, profiling their partnership as one of mutual support and admiration.
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A Los Angeles Times BestsellerIn this groundbreaking account of the marriage, critically acclaimed biographer Hazel Rowley describes the remarkable courage and lack of convention---private and public---that kept FDR and Eleanor together. She reveals a partnership that was both supportive and daring. Most of all, she depicts an extraordinary evolution---from conventional Victorian marriage to the bold and radical partnership that has made Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt go down in history as one of the most inspiring and fascinating couples of all time.
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