Galvinizing Novel of Political Suspense

Stephen Carter’s thrilling new novel imagines an alternate history in which Abraham Lincoln survives the assassination attempt at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865-only to be impeached for overstepping his Constitutional authority during the Civil War. At the novel’s center is Abigail Canner, a young black woman recently graduated from Oberlin, who is hired by a D.C. law firm to assist in Lincoln’s defense. When one of Lincoln’s lead lawyers is found brutally murdered, Abigail finds herself plunged into a web of intrigue, politics, and conspiracy. The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln a sweeping drama that captures the emotional tenor of post-Civil War America, that explores the nature of presidential authority, and that gives us a galvanizing story of political suspense.