Fates and Traitors

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The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs Lincoln s Dressmaker returns with a riveting work of historical fiction following the notorious John Wilkes Booth and the four women who kept his perilous confidence.John Wilkes Booth, the mercurial son of an acclaimed British stage actor and a Covent Garden flower girl, committed one of the most notorious acts in American history the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.The subject of than a century of scholarship, speculation, and even obsession, Booth is often portrayed as a shadowy figure, a violent loner whose single murderous act made him the most hated man in America Lost to history until now is the story of the four women whom he loved and who loved him in return Mary Ann, the steadfast matriarch of the Booth family Asia, his loyal sister and confidante Lucy Lambert Hale, the senator s daughter who adored Booth yet tragically misunderstood the intensity of his wrath and Mary Surratt, the Confederate widow entrusted with the secrets of his vengeful plot Fates and Traitors brings to life pivotal actors some willing, others unwitting who made an indelible mark on the history of our nation Chiaverini portrays not just a soul in turmoil but a country at the precipice of immense change. Free Download [ Fates and Traitors ] by [ Jennifer Chiaverini ] – kino-fada.fr I m a bit torn on this one, which is why I ve put off reviewing it for so long While it was a bit dull and flat at times, I enjoyed reading a fictional account of John Wilkes Booth and found the plot interesting I just felt the e...DNF page 48This book is just not for me I am finding it rather dry with an over abundance of details I was looking forward to a historical fiction novel but the way this book read reminds meof a detail heavy biography I could force myself to continue r...Find this and other reviews at ve grown rather wary of dedicating my time and energy to novels by Jennifer Chiaverini I mean no offense to either the author or her fan base, but I found both The Spymistress and Mrs Lincoln Rival one sided and unintuitive I believe that looking at history from a number of angles has value regardless of who was right and who was wrong and my experience with Chiaverini s style and tone left me in doubt of her ability to Find this and other reviews at ve grown rather wary of dedicating my time and energy to novels by Jennifer Chiaverini I mean no offense to either the author or her fan base, but I found both The Spymistress and Mrs Lincoln Rival one sided and unintuitive I believe that looking at history from a number of angles has value regardless of who was right and who was wrong and my experience with Chiaverini s style and tone left me in doubt of her ability to scrutinize the Union and Confederate causes in equal measure I respect that there are readers out there who appreciate Chiaverini s brand of storytelling and I am genuinely thrilled that they enjoy her work, but as a matter of personal taste, I resolved to steer clear That is, until I stumbled over a copy of Fates and Traitors.I ve studied John Wilkes Booth in the past and there is no shortage of fiction dedicated to his heinous crime, but this volume was different From the description, I knew the novel was actually about Mary Ann Holmes, Asia Booth, ...This was a fascinating look into the life of John Wilkes Booth and the people in his life Honestly, I d always thought of him as some sort of vengeful monster and thought nothing at all of the people in his life This book wasn t always fast paced, but it was so thought provoking I had no idea that his parents were immigrants who abhorred slavery We often forget how the people who are close to notorious criminals are presumed to be guilty as welland how they suffer with little sympathy in This was a fascinating look into the life of John Wilkes Booth and the people in his life Honestly, I d always thought of him as some sort of vengeful monster and thought nothing at all of the people in h...The Assassin and his WomenGo ahead, judge a book by its cover The advance edition I obtained throughVine has the title in white against of dim monochrome photograph of John Wilkes Booth posing with a woman, I think his sister Asia Half covering the photo and intertwined with the lettering are sprigs of dogwood blossom in scarlet It advertises as clear as anything that although this is a life of the famous actor ending shortly after his assassination of President Lincoln, it will be to The Assassin and his WomenGo ahead, judge a book by its cover The advance edition I obtained throughVine has the title in white against of dim monochrome photograph of John Wilkes Booth posing with a woman, I think his sister Asia Half covering the photo and intertwined with the lettering are sprigs of dogwood blossom in scarlet It advertises as clear as anything that although this is a life of the famous actor ending shortly after his assassination of President Lincoln, it will be told through the vehicle of romance Indeed, the back cover promises a portrait ofthe four women whom he loved and who loved him in return Mary Ann, the steadfast matriarch of the Booth family Asia, his loyal sister and confidante Lucy Lambert Hale, the senator s daughter who adored him yet tragically misunderstood the intensity of...It takes a writer of great skill to animate a man as notorious as John Wilkes Booth into a character so fascinating the reader can scarcely look away Chiaverini has succeeded I admit, I was not keen on reading a book about Booth, but Chiaverini s use of the women around him to tell his story was brilliant.Booth s parents, his siblings, his love interests, and coconspirators are a cast like no other Viewed from the present day, their bad choices clearly and obviously set them on a path of dest It takes a writer of great skill to animate a man as notorious as John Wilkes Booth into a character so fascinating the reader can scarcely look away Chiaverini has succeeded I admit, I was not keen on reading a book about Booth, but Chiaverini s use of the women around him to tell his story was brilliant....I received this from netgalley.com in exchange for a review Just couldn t get into this book So much detail and background on everybody No ratingAbandoned at 20%I would give this book a solid 3.5 or 3.75 stars if I could, so I went with four I would like all people who are capable of assassinating a president or anyone for that matter to have certain characteristics and a personality that would make them easily identifiable and even better, make it simple to prevent such a thing from happening because the general public could see it coming That was completely not the case with John Wilkes Booth and it still blows my mind the kind of person I imagine I would give this book a solid 3.5 or 3.75 stars if I could, so I went with four I would like all people who are capable of assassinating a president or anyone for that matter to have certain characteristics and a personality that would make them easily identifiable and even better, make it simple to prevent such a thing from happening because the general public could see it coming That was completely not the case with John Wilkes Booth and it still blows my mind the kind of person I imagined he was just from the very little I had heard of him vs the actual person he was in his short life This was just an incredibly interesting book to me, especially the chapters of the family he grew up in My only complaints were that, at times, the amount of detail went on for a few too many pages and it felt laborious to read In addition, being a historical fiction, ...DNF at 22% Goodreads really needs a DNF option cause I m torn between which shelf I should put it in It s not exactly a bad book but I d rather say it s not my type of historical fiction I wasn t loving the plot and I couldn t get myself to get further t...This is the story of John Wilkes Booth and his family, his secret fiance Lucy Hale and her family, and inn keeper Mary Surratt and her family, and how their lives intertwined with President Abraham Lincoln A wonderfully told tale of one of the most notorious and important events in our history.

Fates and Traitors
  • 10 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 382 pages
  • 0525954309
  • Jennifer Chiaverini
  • Fates and Traitors