Based on interviews with 86 people who knew them personally , the book chronicles the lives of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt , focusing particularly on the period between May 10 , 1940 ( the end of the so-called " Phoney War " stage of World War II ) and President Roosevelt 's death on April 12 , 1945 . The title is taken from the speech Eleanor Roosevelt gave at the 1940 Democratic National Convention in hopes of unifying the , at the time , divided Democratic party
1940 Democratic National Convention
1940 Democratic National Convention
No Ordinary Time