King Benjamin | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Benjamin King puts a new twist on the oldmystery of Lincoln's death. Deep within the plot is the manipulative andcorrosive character Anderson. The same man who outwitted the Confederates inKing's first novel, A Bullet for Stonewall , is back to executethe most history-altering plan of his career. King has done extensive researchon the assassination as well as the years that followed. In his work, he lookedat how political plans changed following Lincoln's death. The guiding factor ofhis sleuthing was to determine who seemed to benefit from the aftermath. Andthus he found the premise for this, his second novel.A group of young Wall Street entrepreneurs, including soon-to-be-tycoon J.P. Morgan, analyze the impact of the end of the war. They are angered byLincoln's plan to invest in rebuilding the South. They search for a way toguarantee that the government will, instead, invest in their economic interestsin the West. That search leads them to Anderson, the assassin with a money-backguarantee.Under numerous guises, he begins to assemble a plot to frame the South forthe death of the president. Befriending Booth, Anderson inspires the actor totake control of his Southern sympathies and put actions behind his feelings.Meanwhile, he also infiltrates a Confederate spy ring, adding more names to thelist of scapegoats he will leave behind.Relying heavily on historical accuracies, A Bullet for Lincolnminimizes its fictional medium, making Anderson and his task highly believable.The pressure of a federal agent closing in for his own kill heightens thechallenge and suspense for Anderson. He faces unparalleled dangers as he triesto maintain his secret identity and still pull off the greatest coup in thenation's history.