Fates and traitors : a novel of John Wilkes Booth /
Chiaverini, Jennifer,
Fates and traitors : a novel of John Wilkes Booth / Read by Christina Moore Jennifer Chiaverini ; narrated by Christina Moore. - Unabridged. - 13 audio discs (16 hour) digital 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Compact disc. In container (17 cm.).
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.
9781470392529 1470392526
C02920 Recorded Books
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 --Fiction
Conspiracies--Fiction
Assassins--Fiction
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Audiobooks.
813/.54
Fates and traitors : a novel of John Wilkes Booth / Read by Christina Moore Jennifer Chiaverini ; narrated by Christina Moore. - Unabridged. - 13 audio discs (16 hour) digital 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Compact disc. In container (17 cm.).
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.
9781470392529 1470392526
C02920 Recorded Books
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 --Fiction
Conspiracies--Fiction
Assassins--Fiction
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Audiobooks.
813/.54