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Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris were engaged to be married, when they were invited to share the Presidential box with the Lincolns at Ford's Theater on the evening of Good Friday, 1865. When John Wilkes Booth crept into the box, the young couple became witnesses to a central tragedy in American history.
But Lincoln's assassination is only one part of this novel--for in researching the lives of Henry and Clara Rathbone, Mallon uncovered an even more dramatic story of passion, scandal, heroism, murder, and madness. Imaginatively re-creating their lives, he tells the larger story of nineteenth-century Victorian America: a society structured above suppressed impulses and undercurrents that grew stronger as the century progressed.
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Thomas Mallon is the author of two previous novels, Aurora 7 and Arts and Sciences, as well as four works of nonfiction, among them Stolen Words and A Books of One's Own. He is currently literary editor of Gentlemen's Quarterly. He lives in New York City.
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"Amazing . . . one of the most interesting novelists at work." --John Updike, The New Yorker
"Ambitious in scope and depth . . . Mallon makes good use of sharp, disturbing twists on familiar themes." --Valerie Sayers, The New York Times Book Review
"Riveting . . . Mallon's most polished gem to date." --Chicago Tribune
"The powerful story is superbly told . . . You can't ask for much more from historical fiction." --George Garrett, The Washington Post Book World
Thomas Mallon is the author of two previous novels, Aurora 7 and Arts and Sciences, as well as four works of nonfiction, among them Stolen Words and A Books of One's Own. He is currently literary editor of Gentlemen's Quarterly. He lives in New York City.
"Amazing . . . one of the most interesting novelists at work." --John Updike, The New Yorker
"Ambitious in scope and depth . . . Mallon makes good use of sharp, disturbing twists on familiar themes." --Valerie Sayers, The New York Times Book Review
"Riveting . . . Mallon's most polished gem to date." --Chicago Tribune
"The powerful story is superbly told . . . You can't ask for much more from historical fiction." --George Garrett, The Washington Post Book World
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0312135084
- ISBN 13 9780312135089
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages358
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