Fates and traitors : a novel of John Wilkes Booth
(Large Print)
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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
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683 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Morro Bay Library - Large Print Fiction
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2016.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
Street Date
1610
Language
English
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John Wilkes Booth--driven son of an acclaimed British stage actor and a Covent Garden flower girl, whose misguided quest to avenge the vanquished Confederacy led him to commit one of the most notorious acts in the annals of America--has been the subject of scholarship, speculation, and even obsession. Though in his plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln Booth did not act alone--"I am determined to be a villain," he tragically prophesized on the occasion of his acclaimed 1862 New York City debut in the role of Richard III--he is often portrayed as a shadowy figure, devoid of human connection. Yet four women were integral in the life of this unquiet American: Mary Ann, the mother he revered above all but country; his sister and confidante, Asia; Lucy Lambert Hale, the senator's daughter who loved him; and the Confederate widow Mary Surratt, to whom he entrusted the secrets of his vengeful wrath.
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