A New York Times Bestselling Author In 1844, Missouri belle Julia Dent met dazzling horseman Lieutenant Ulysses S Grant. Four years later when their parents permitted them to wed, the groom''s abolitionist family refused to attend. Since childhood, Julia owned as a slave another Julia. Known as Jule, she guarded her mistress''s closely held twin secrets: Julia had perilously poor vision but was gifted with prophetic sight. So it was that Jule became Julia''s eyes to the world. And what a world it was . . .