Always a lover of history, Mary Higgins Clark wrote this extensivelyresearched biographical novel and titled it Aspire to the Heavens, afterthe motto of George Washington's mother. Published in 1969, the bookwas more recently discovered by a Washington family descendant andreissued as Mount Vernon Love Story. Dispelling the widespread beliefthat although George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, hereserved his true love for Sally Carey Fairfax, his best friend's wife,Mary Higgins Clark describes the Washington marriage as one full oftenderness and passion, as a bond between two people who shared theirlives -- even the bitter hardship of a winter in Valley Forge -- inevery way. In this author's skilled hands, the history, the love, andthe man come fully and dramatically alive.