Hanging Mary

[RJNorton]

(06-12-2016 09:42 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  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?

Eva, I should add that I did not read the book exactly the same as Bob on the point of Mary's assassination knowledge. Unless I missed something, Hanging Mary implies Mary thought Booth was going to carry through with the kidnapping plot, not the assassination plot, on the night of April 14, 1865. She did not know Booth's plan had changed. At least that was my take.