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Booth
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
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Publisher's Summary
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022
Sunday Times Book of the Month
SIX BROTHERS AND SISTERS. ONE INJUSTICE THAT WILL SHATTER THEIR BOND FOREVER
From the million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic novel about the infamous, ill-fated Booth family.
Junius is the patriarch, a celebrated Shakespearean actor who fled bigamy charges in England, both a mesmerising talent and a man of terrifying instability. As his children grow up in a remote farmstead in 1830s rural Baltimore, the country draws ever closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war.
Of the six Booth siblings who survive to adulthood, each has their own dreams they must fight to realise—but it is Johnny who makes the terrible decision that will change the course of history—the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Booth is a riveting novel focused on the very things that bind, and break, a family.
Critic Reviews
"In its stretch and imaginative depth, Booth has an utterly seductive authority." (Guardian)
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- Karen Quarrell
- 23-08-2022
A fantastic story
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was fascinating and informative.
The narrator was excellent
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- Gary
- 26-04-2022
Family life
A lot of micro detail about the family, quite interesting to understand the back ground of JWB.
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- jenni
- 09-08-2022
Outstanding
This is a wild story, beautifully told. I had no idea the president's assassin came from a famous and large and fascinating family. The details are delicately revealed and the pace and detail is perfectly balanced. I couldn't put it down.
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- Anna Chemin
- 04-08-2023
Fascinating story, well-researched and scholarly
A well-written historical novel, with excellent narration enhancing the experience. I recommend this title for those who value good writing and enjoy very good voice work, supporting the story.
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