The Judges of the Secret Court: A Novel About John Wilkes

The Judges of the Secret Court: A Novel About John Wilkes Booth (New York Review Books Classics)
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David Stactonâ€™s The Judges of The Secret CourtÂ is a long-lost triumph of American fiction as well as one of the finest books ever written about the Civil War. Stactonâ€™s gripping and atmospheric story revolves around the brothers Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, members of a famous theatrical family. Edwin is a great actor, himself a Hamlet-like character whose performance as Hamlet will make him an international sensation. Wilkes is a blustering mediocrity on stage who is determined, however, to be an actor in history, and whose assassination of Abraham Lincoln will change America. Stactonâ€™s novel about how the roles we play become, for better or for worse, the lives we lead, takes us back to the day of the assassination, immersing us in the farrago of bombast that fills Wilkesâ€™s head while following his footsteps up to the fatal encounter at Fordâ€™s Theatre. The political maneuvering around Lincolnâ€™s deathbed and Wilkesâ€™s desperate flight and ignominious capture then set the stage for a political show trial that will condemn not only the guilty but theâ€”at least relativelyâ€”innocent. For as Edwin Booth broods helplessly many years later, and as Lincoln, whose tragic death and wisdom overshadow this tale, also knew, â€œWe are all accessories before or after some fact. . . . We are all guilty of being ourselves.â€
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber B01K90YE3O
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2011-06-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590174524

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review of Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	B01K90YE3O
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2011-06-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781590174524

The Judges of the Secret Court: A Novel About John Wilkes Booth (New York Review Books Classics)

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