A Treasury of Victorian Murder Vol. 7: The Murder of Abraham Lincoln

The Murder of Abraham Lincoln
82 pages1

Geary turns his attention to the most famous assassination of the Victorian era, that of President Lincoln. The details he reveals are fascinating. John Wilkes Booth worked with a group of disgruntled Southern sympathizers out to decapitate much of the U.S. Executive branch, not just the President! Geary also details the flight of the culprits and the hot pursuit of federal agents.