It 'was in 1963 as a box of love letters revealed a lawyer appeared before the kitchen table. The letters revealed the affair between Warren Harding, the twenty-ninth U.S. president and Carrie Phillips, a committed pro-German, a spy is suspected. Spanning the years 1905-1920, which saved about 900 pages of letters detailing the strong emotional attachment and feelings of Warren Harding to Carrie Phillips.
ThisBook, The Harding Affair is definitely a very interesting aspect of the history of personal and intimate of former U.S. president. The letters are a portrait of Warren Harding, pours his deep feelings, his love and passion for Carrie Phillips.
Through the careful analysis of the author and document in the letters of the author interweaves historical knowledge effectively its policy on the world situation onWorld War and extra-marital affair, so that a new dimension to the knowledge base on the life of Warren Harding and his affair with Carrie Phillips.
Warren Harding and Carrie Philips romantic relationship began in 1905. Both were married, the two families lived near each other in the same city, and Ohio, the two families were friendly with each other. Over the years, the couple took several vacations together, one of them was a trip to Europe in two months1909
The letters reveal a very passionate Harding:
* You are physically beautiful as she has a noble character.
* It 's so great to start the day with kisses and caresses it was wonderful ... I was wrong with the insatiable desire, until I feel that will never be a relief, until I take a long, deep, wild design on your mouth and then buried my face embedded on your breast.
* My Darling: There are no words ... Suffice to say, the full extent of my love for you ...
*... Nonenever written a page is burning with love ... There is no limit to the love and fervor, was inspired by the situation.
* You are the most expensive power goddess of love and devotion that has ever been or should be ...
It seems likely, the emotional, romantic and unforgettable experience for Harding sex took place in Montreal, adopted as the old year 1911, and started the new year. A year later, Harding emotional feelings and twisted when "refers to the height of their love match is made." He referredto experience the love that many times over the years. '"... The beginning of the new year, when the bells rang, while the choir sang our hearts the rapture without words, and we greeted the new year from the heights of heaven ... Do saints times, the wonderful coincidence .. .. belong to one of the best moments of my life are remembered. "
Over years Harding's personal life and her romantic relationship with Carrie was always more complicated and tense, as was Hardingmore engaged in politics are always a senator and then U.S. president, at a time when the world was at war. Some of the complications involved and the friction that has developed because Carrie hated the political arena. The problem of war, in particular, was especially with friction, especially because of forged iron Carrie pending pro-German.
During this period there were about 20 million Germans and many Americans had deep feelings for each Germany. The author paints a vividImage of fear in the hearts of the people during the war years, people were wary about their German neighbors. vigilante groups such as APL, the American Protective League, organized in hundreds of cities and have been actively discussed and arrest people who heard them as unfair suspected members of intercepted phone calls and mail.
Just as America was preparing to finally enter the war, after remaining neutral, Carrie, along with many other GermansThe Americans, has been investigated and supervised. The story says Extramarital was previously widely between Harding and Carrie and entertainment gossip.
At times in recent years the relationship, Carrie Harding asked for money, she had lived beyond its means. Harding agreed and started to increase the income of Carrie, apparently realizing his life, particularly for his political life would be destroyed if he betrays Carrie to disclose his illegalRelations through the letters he had saved. At one point, she asked for $ 10,000. Harding in 1920 offered to pay $ 5,000 a year that Carrie will continue in politics, if they returned all the letters he wrote. Apparently they have reached an agreement. The last letter he wrote to her was in 1920.
As the author accurately and correctly observes: "Few people in history to leave such a rich record of ecstasy in a romantic relationship to have."
This book is a compelling page turnerand a must read for anyone interested in history and especially anyone interested in the life of former U.S. president. The author brings a part of life's history through his detailed descriptive representation. The reader is the desire to have read the entire collection of letters.
The case of David Harding lawyer James Robenalt Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 396 pages
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