Flora Fraser

George and Martha Washington were America’s original first couple. From its origins in 1760s Virginia to the forging of a new nation, Flora Fraser traces the development both personal and political of an extraordinary relationship.

The private sphere – their love of home and country, the two children Martha brings to this union from a previous marriage, and the confidence she instilled in her beloved second spouse – formed the backdrop to an increasingly public partnership as in 1775 George Washington was appointed Commander-in-chief of the American ‘rebels’, followed by eight years of the American War of Independence.

Leading biographer Flora Fraser, daughter of Antonia Fraser, brings both Martha and her better-known husband to life in this enthralling portrait.