by Brad Meltzer and
Josh Mensch
The bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy, which
covers the secret plot against George Washington, now turn their attention to a
little-known, but true story about a failed assassination attempt on President
Lincoln
Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination
in 1865, but few are aware of the original conspiracy to kill him four years
earlier in 1861, literally on his way to Washington, D.C., for his first
inauguration. The conspirators were part of a pro-Southern secret society that
didn’t want an antislavery President in the White House. They planned an
elaborate scheme to assassinate the brand new President in Baltimore as
Lincoln’s inauguration train passed through en route to the Capitol. The plot
was investigated by famed detective Allan Pinkerton, who infiltrated the group
with undercover agents, including one of the first female private detectives in
America. Had the assassination succeeded, there would have been no Lincoln
Presidency, and the course of the Civil War and American history would have
forever been altered.
About the Authors
BRAD MELTZER is the #1 New York Times
bestselling author of The Escape Artist, The Inner Circle, and ten other
bestselling thrillers, as well as the Ordinary People Change the World series.
He is also the host of the History Channel TV shows Brad Meltzer’s Decoded and
Brad Meltzer’s Lost History, which he used to help find the missing 9/11
flag that the firefighters raised at Ground Zero.
JOSH MENSCH is a New York Times bestselling
author and documentary television producer with a focus on American history and
culture. He is coauthor with Brad Meltzer of The First Conspiracy: the Secret
Plot to Kill George Washington. For television he has written, directed,
and been a showrunner on nonfiction series for PBS, the History Channel,
National Geographic, and many other networks. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his
wife and children.
ISBN 978-1250317476, Flatiron Books, © 2020, Hardcover, 448
pages, Photographs & Illustrations, Endnotes, Selected Bibliography &
Index. $29.99. To purchase this book click HERE.
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