Eleanor and Franklin - Softcover

Joseph P. Lash (1909–1987) was secretary and confidant to Eleanor Roosevelt and the author of numerous acclaimed books.

“A beautiful book―beautiful in its scholarship, insight, objectivity and candor...immense subtlety, sensibility and honesty.”
- Arthur Schlesinger

“An exceptionally candid...heartrending book.”
- The New Yorker

“Here is one of the great and moving stories of our time―a masterpiece of vivid evocation and sympathetic understanding. 'Monumental.'”
- New York Times

“Wholly absorbing and richly documented.”
- Marya Mannes, The Atlantic

“A biography in the grand manner. Extraordinarily readable...Splendidly written from start to finish.”
- Richard Rover, Chicago Tribune

“So engrossing and complex that it reads like a work of fiction.”
- Jean Stafford, Vogue