A new novel about Lincoln

[Susan Higginbotham]

I read it a couple of weeks ago. I enjoyed it, which is something I can't say for most literary fiction, but there were parts I found bothersome, such as Mary's fixation with Robert mentioned above, and the treatment of Mary Todd Lincoln--in this book, she is certifiably insane well before the assassination. I also didn't care for some of the other liberties the author took, such as having Elizabeth Keckley arrested and committed to the Old Capitol Prison, apparently just so the author could take the Lincolns there for a visit. But I did like its portrait of Lincoln the man.