Mrs. Poe

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Inspired by literature's most haunting love triangle, award-winning author Lynn Cullen delivers a pitch-perfect rendering of Edgar Allan Poe, his mistress's tantalizing confession, and his wife's frightening obsession in this new masterpiece of historical fiction to which Sara Gruen says, "Mrs. Poe had my heart racing...Don't miss it!"

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2 authors picked Mrs. Poe as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Juliana Cummings

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This is an incredible story about Edgar Allen Poe’s wife told through the eyes of his mistress. Very well done and it really gives a look into Mr. and Mrs. Poe and their marriage. But it also gives us a sense of the passionate romance between Poe and his mistress.

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Finola Austin

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I didn’t know much about the life of American Gothic writer Edgar Allen Poe before reading this novel about his mistress, Frances Osgood, who was also an author. The parallels with my debut book are obvious. Cullen and I share interests in adultery, the muse/artist dynamic, and the stultifying inequality of nineteenth-century marriages.

From Finola's list on inspired by the lives of famous writers.