Stephen L. Carter
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 nationâ€™s past, Â , Stephen L. Carterâ€™s thrilling new novel takes as its starting point an alternate history: President Abraham Lincoln survives the assassination attempt at Fordâ€™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 Lincolnâ€™s defense, and the iron-strong conviction, learned from her late mother, that â€œwhatever limitations society might place on ordinary negroes, they would never apply to her.â€ 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.Â  But when Lincolnâ€™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 postâ€“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.
Historical,Historical Fiction,Fiction,Science Fiction,Alternate History,Mystery,Military History,Civil War,Historical,Audiobook,Thriller,Politics,Cultural,African American
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln