Fates and Traitors : a Novel of John Wilkes Booth
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Narrated by Christina Moore.
The world would not look upon his like again. 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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PUBLISHED
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2016]
Year Published: 2016
Description: 13 sound discs (16 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781470392529
1470392526
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Moore, Christina,
Recorded Books, Inc.
SUBJECTS
Booth, John Wilkes, -- 1838-1865 -- Fiction.
Conspiracies -- Fiction.
Assassins -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.