Hanging Mary

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thank you for this post, Roger. Since I am not a great reader of fiction I admit I hadn't before looked into reading this, but now do. I liked "Assassin's Accomplice" and, too, think "Mary Surratt knew by the morning of April 14, 1865 that the plot was then an assassination one (and, therefor, subsequently deserved the punishment that she received.)" So I will be curious as how this is put in line with "the book humanizes Mary more than any other I have read". I admit I somehow have always seen her as a very cold(hearted) person, maybe unjustly.

May I ask - while I have an understanding of what an excellent achievement is - what is an (unqualified) excellent achievement?