The plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln through the eyes of John Surratt, the only conspirator who was not hung, unlike his mother who was. The novel replays the action, partly by means of diaries and trial transcripts. It is a character study of the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and a portrait of Washington society of the day. A debut in fiction.
"The plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln through the eyes of John Surratt, the only conspirator who was not hung, unlike his mother who was. The novel replays the action, partly by means of diaries and trial transcripts. It is a character study of the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and a portrait of Washington society of the day. A debut in fiction."@en
"The plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln through the eyes of John Surratt, the only conspirator who was not hung, unlike his mother who was. The novel replays the action, partly by means of diaries and trial transcripts. It is a character study of the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and a portrait of Washington society of the day. A debut in fiction."
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