The definitive biography of Louisa Catherine, wife and political
partner of President John Quincy Adams "Insightful and
entertaining."-Susan Dunn, New York Review of Books A New York
Times Book Review Editor's Choice Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams,
wife and political partner of John Quincy Adams, became one of the
most widely known women in America when her husband assumed office
as sixth president in 1 825. Shrewd, intellectual, and articulate,
she was close to the center of American power over many decades,
and extensive archives reveal her as an unparalleled observer of
the politics, personalities, and issues of her day. Louisa left
behind a trove of journals, essays, letters, and other writings,
yet no biographer has mined these riches until now. Margery Heffron
brings Louisa out of the shadows at last to offer the first full
and nuanced portrait of an extraordinary first lady. The book
begins with Louisa's early life in London and Nantes, France, then
details her excruciatingly awkward courtship and engagement to John
Quincy, her famous diplomatic success in tsarist Russia, her life
as a mother, years abroad as the wife of a distinguished diplomat,
and finally the Washington, D.C., era when, as a legendary hostess,
she made no small contribution to her husband's successful bid for
the White House. Louisa's sharp insights as a tireless recorder
provide a fresh view of early American democratic society,
presidential politics and elections, and indeed every important
political and social issue of her time.
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