Title: Not recommended
Review: Though a fascinating subject, this was a difficult book to finish. There was very little, if anything, new on the subject of Mary Surratt and the degree of her complicity in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The use of "no doubt", "perhaps", and "probably" have no place in a biography purported to be the definitive answer to the question of Mary Surratt's guilt or innocence. The abundance of exclamation points hit a raw nerve, too. Most of us who enjoy reading about history find excitement and fascination without punctuation prompts by the author. Serious readers with even the barest knowledge of the subject should avoid this book. Martha Bricker(mbric@icdc.com) West Point, PA
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