The Assassin's Accomplice

by Larson, Kate Clifford

• ISBN13: 9780465018932
• ISBN10: 0465018939
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-23
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

Set against the backdrop of the Civil War,The Assassin's Accomplicetells 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 Accompliceoffers a revealing examination of America's most remembered assassination.

Author Biography

Kate Clifford Larson is an adjunct professor of history at Simmons College. She is the author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero (2003). She lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
"Devoted Body and Soul to the Cause"	p. 1
Creating a Life, Building the Nest	p. 11
Rebels, Spies, and Couriers	p. 27
Keeper of the Nest	p. 43
The Assassin's Accomplice	p. 69
A Shrewd Witness	p. 97
The "Materfamilias" of the Criminals	p. 117
The Case for the Defense	p. 149
The Verdict: Swift and Deadly	p. 169
Scenes at the Scaffold	p. 195
Epilogue American Tragedy or American Justice?	p. 223
Acknowledgments	p. 231
Notes	p. 235
Index	p. 255
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