WILKES BOOTH CAME TO WASHINGTON

Hardback. The story of the Confederate intrigue that sent Booth to murder Abraham Lincoln - and the Government's century-old cover-up. The author offers a fresh perspective on John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Challenging the view of Booth as a deranged narcissist, he portrays him as a calculated Confederate sympathiser aiming to destabilise the Union. The book suggests Booth planned to flee to Canada, hoping to provoke British intervention by luring Union forces into conflict there. While rich in historical atmosphere and insights into secondary figures, the author's speculative theories — like a misdirection ploy involving George Atzerodt — lack firm evidence, leaving readers with lingering questions about Booth’s true motives. With Bibliog., Notes and Index. 209pp. 8vo. h/back. With tiny label to fpd o/w Nr. F. in F. protected pcdw.