Persico (Roosevelt's Secret War) engagingly and eloquently narrates the tangled relationships between Franklin and the various women to whom he became close, including his mother; his wife; Lucy ...

The romance between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lucy Mercer continued to be the talk of Washington. Since Jonathan Daniels revealed the 30-year romance of the President and his wife’s onetime social ...

When State Senator Franklin Delano Roosevelt moved from Albany to Washington in 1913 to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy, he took up residence with his wife and young children in a comfortable ...

Willis does an efficient job of narrating the already well-known facts of FDR's relationship with Lucy Mercer. However, this story has been well told more than once by Geoffrey C. Ward, Blanche Wiesen ...

Scarlet Letters -- Master Franklin -- Poor Little Rich Girl -- From Riches to Rags -- A Harvard Man -- Courtship -- Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt -- "Dearest Mummy" -- Patrician Politician -- The ...