A review by sambam_42
The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr: A Riveting Untold Story of the American Revolution by Susan Holloway Scott

4.0

A fictional account of Aaron Burr's secret wife, of which there is little information. Given her status as slave in America there is not much history to go on so the author fills in with, what seems to me, a fairly likely story. By all accounts Burr was a very private man and, like most men of his time who had a wife (whether ailing or not), had an affair with a female slave in his household. Mary is a very likable character but I found the attachment portrayed in the novel as tenuous at best. I did not feel the devotion or romance she supposedly felt for him. Overall, though, it was a nice story and a good break from my medieval English drama.