Review: Tragic history well told
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2013
I never seem to tire of learning more of the tragic assassination of Abraham Lincoln and this novelized retelling of the story frightened, haunted, and engrossed me. None of the main events have been fictionalized but the thoughts, words, and actions of many have been. The author stays within the spirit of the people and events he relates and the fictionalized sections all seem to ring true. Even though I've read much of the assassination I am no expert but as far as I can recall, the facts are unchanged and told with clarity and honesty. One small error (repeated about three or four times early in the book) bothered me. The author refers to Lee's command as the Army of Virginia. He or his editor should have known that Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia. This and a number of needless repititions of certain details are the only faults I found in what is a highly readable and thrilling story of one of the most tragic events in American history.