Henry and Clara--#83 finished

 An interesting historical fiction novel about the couple that were sitting next to Abraham Lincoln & his wife at Ford Theatre the night he was assassinated.  The couple Henry & Clara were step brother & sister--his mother & her father both remarried to each other after becoming widows months apart.  Henry & Clara were 10 & Clara I think 13 when their parents married so still young enough that basically everyone considered them brother & sister or at least cousin like.  So when their love became known not everyone was happy about this but then Henry enlisted in the Union army and everything put on hold.  Henry was injured and came back changed too from the war while Clara--her dad was a senator and she became close to Mrs Lincoln.  The author based this book off letters and newspaper articles he could find but obviously it is fiction because he had to make up conversations and interactions.  An interesting read.

I have posted it on PBS & it is the only copy in system so will maybe move at some point.  It is an older book, published in 1994.