In the Acknowledgments to Fates and Traitors, I mention several excellent online resources I consulted while researching and writing the novel. Some of the most useful include the archives of digitized historic newspapers at the Library of Congress and Genealogybank.com, ... Read more »
Many Thanks to Four Wonderful Authors
Here's a glimpse of the back cover of Fates and Traitors: I'm deeply grateful to Sara Gruen, Allison Pataki, Anton DiSclafani, and Amy Stewart for their generous advance praise for Fates and Traitors! ... Read more »
My Library Love Letter
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John Wilkes Booth’s Diary
Among the items John Wilkes Booth carried with him when he fled Washington after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln was a pocket diary. In it he carried portraits of five women: four actresses and Lucy Lambert Hale, the daughter of abolitionist New Hampshire Senator ... Read more »
The Brothers Booth
Three of Junius Brutus Booth’s sons followed in his footsteps and became actors, but John Wilkes Booth received no better than mixed reviews throughout his career. It was his elder brother Edwin who was considered the true heir of their renowned father’s talent. Edwin Booth ... Read more »
John Wilkes Booth’s Parents
Did you know that John Wilkes Booth was born in Maryland in 1838, the second youngest of ten children? His parents were the acclaimed British actor Junius Brutus Booth and Mary Ann Homes, a Covent Garden flower girl. ... Read more »