The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln

Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, The Assassin€™s Accomplice tells the gripping story of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln through experience of its only female participant.Confederate sympathizer Mary Surratt ran a boarding house in Washington, and the depth of her complicity in the murder of President Lincoln has been debated since she was arrested on April 17, 1865.Calling upon long-lost interviews, confessions, and court testimony, historian Kate Clifford Larson magnificently captures how Surratt€™s actions defied nineteenth-century norms of piety and allegiance. A riveting account of espionage and murder, The Assassin€™s Accomplice offers a revealing examination of America€™s most remembered assassination.