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The Impeachment Of Abraham Lincoln
Stephen L. Carter
Knopf
July 2012
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Featuring: Abraham Lincoln
400 pages
ISBN: 030727263X
EAN: 9780307272638
Kindle: B006XWYGUY
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery | Science Fiction Alternate History
From the best-selling author of The Emperor of Ocean
Park and New England White, a daring reimagining
of one of the most tumultuous moments in our nation’s past Stephen L. Carter’s thrilling new novel takes as its
starting point an alternate history: President Abraham
Lincoln survives the assassination attempt at Ford’s Theatre
on April 14, 1865. Two years later he is charged with
overstepping his constitutional authority, both during and
after the Civil War, and faces an impeachment trial . . . Twenty-one-year-old Abigail Canner is a young black woman
with a degree from Oberlin, a letter of employment from the
law firm that has undertaken Lincoln’s defense, and the
iron-strong conviction, learned from her late mother, that
“whatever limitations society might place on ordinary
negroes, they would never apply to her.” And so Abigail
embarks on a life that defies the norms of every stratum of
Washington society: working side by side with a white clerk,
meeting the great and powerful of the nation, including the
president himself. But when Lincoln’s lead counsel is
found brutally murdered on the eve of the trial, Abigail is
plunged into a treacherous web of intrigue and conspiracy
reaching the highest levels of the divided government. Here is a vividly imagined work of historical fiction that
captures the emotional tenor of post–Civil War America, a
brilliantly realized courtroom drama that explores the
always contentious question of the nature of presidential
authority, and a galvanizing story of political suspense.
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