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Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
On the evening of Good Friday, 1865, Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris joined the Lincolns in the Presidential box at Ford’s Theater, becoming eyewitnesses to one of the great tragedies of American history. In this riveting novel, Thomas Mallon re-creates the unusual love story of this young engaged couple whose fateful encounter with history profoundly affects the remainder of their lives. Lincoln’s assassination is only one part of the remarkable...
2) Landfall
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set during the tumultuous middle of the George W. Bush yearsamid the twin catastrophes of the Iraq insurgency and Hurricane KatrinaLandfall brings Thomas Mallon's cavalcade of contemporary American politics, which began with Watergate and continue with Finale, to a vivid and emotional climax. The president at the novel's center possesses a personality whose high-speed alternations between charm and petulance, resoluteness and self-pity, continually...
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