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Hanging Mary

A Novel

Susan Higginbotham

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English
Sourcebooks Landmark
15 March 2016
Meet Mary Surratt, the woman who could have saved Lincoln. Find out what stopped her in this vivid reimagining of Lincoln's assassination.

1864, Washington City. One has to be careful with talk of secession, of Confederate whispers falling on Northern ears. Better to speak only when in the company of the trustworthy. Like Mrs. Surratt.

A widow who runs a small boardinghouse on H Street, Mary Surratt isn't half as committed to the cause as her son, Johnny. If he's not delivering messages or escorting veiled spies, he's invited home men like John Wilkes Booth, the actor who is even more charming in person than he is on the stage.

But when President Lincoln is killed, the question of what Mary knew becomes more important than anything else. Was she a cold-blooded accomplice? Just how far would she go to help her son?

Based on the true case of Mary Surratt, Hanging Mary reveals the untold story of those on the other side of the assassin's gun.
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Imprint:   Sourcebooks Landmark
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 38mm
Weight:   431g
ISBN:   9781492613626
ISBN 10:   1492613622
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

SUSAN HIGGINBOTHAM is the author of five historical novels. The Traitor's Wife, her first novel, is the winner of ForeWord Magazine's 2005 Silver Award for historical fiction and is a Gold Medalist in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards for Historical/Military Fiction. Higginbotham has worked as an editor and an attorney and lives in North Carolina with her family.

Reviews for Hanging Mary: A Novel

""In ""Hanging Mary,"" Susan Higginbotham creates a compelling and vivid portrait of the women caught up in the events surrounding Lincoln's assassination. I will not soon forget Mary, Anna, or Nora, the real woman Higginbotham so deftly brings to life. This is my favorite kind of historical fiction: evocative, deeply moving, and meticulously researched."" - Jillian Cantor, author of Margot and The Hours Count


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