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The Thackery Journal

By: John Holt
Narrated by: John J. Irwin
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On the night of April 14th 1865, President Abraham Lincoln attended a performance at the Ford Theatre, in Washington. A single shot fired by John Wilkes Booth hit the President in the back of the head. He slumped to the floor, and died a few hours later without recovering consciousness. Was Booth a lone assassin? Or was he part of a wider conspiracy? A plot to replace Lincoln with General Ulysses S. Grant?

©2014 John Holt (P)2018 John Holt Historical Fiction Fiction Abraham Lincoln

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John Holt has written a truly good book with carefully drawn characters that work so well for the story era. He could not possibly have chosen a better narrator than John J. Irwin, whose made-for-the-book voice delivers the story in a carefully and deliberately paced manner that allows the reader to believe. I certainly believed every moment and found myself binge reading (listening) until that final page. Bravo Mr Holt, I will certainly recommend the audiobook as one of my favourite listens to date.

Powerful story; powerfully written

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This wasn't for me I gave it fair shot. But couldn't finish it it isn't badly wrote or even poorly told. Just one of those audio book's you don't know if you're going to like it. So you give it a try. That's the good thing about everybody being different and having different views. What works for someone may not work for you. This won't stop me listening or trying different book's by this author.

A fair shot.

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Good book based on the American Civil War was a very good read loved it

Historical book

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John Holt best book, in my opinion, good story, easy to follow as an audiobook and pretty good narration by John J. Irwin 4 ou of 5 book

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This is not my normal kind of book. I’m not a big history buff or really like war books either but have to say I enjoyed this one. This has a nice journey through the civil war as well as a conspiracy theory for Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Definitely worth the listen for most people.

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