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BOOTH
- Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022
Engelsk Paperback
BOOTH
- Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022
Engelsk Paperback

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 OPEN BOOK ''Brilliantly recounts the story of the American theatrical dynasty that produced Lincoln''s assassin'' Sunday Times Book of the MonthIn 1822, a stage is set: Englishman Junius Booth - celebrated Shakespearean actor and man of mesmerising charm and instability - moves to a remote cabin outside Baltimore with his wife, who bears him ten children.Of the six who survive infancy, one is John Wilkes - the hot-tempered but much-loved middle son who, in 1865, fatally shoots Abraham Lincoln in a Washington theatre, changing the course of history. What makes a murderer? His family or the world? And how can those who love him ever come to terms with his actions? Strikingly relevant to the world today, Booth is the story of one extraordinary family and the terrible act that shattered their bonds forever.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
496
ISBN-13:
9781788168649
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
178816864X
Udg. Dato:
9 feb 2023
Længde:
39mm
Bredde:
197mm
Højde:
129mm
Forlag:
Profile Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
9 feb 2023
Forfatter(e):
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