Showing results for "A Hanging" in Biographical Fiction

Washington City, 1864. One has to be careful with talk of secession, of Confederate whispers falling on Northern ears. Better to speak only when in the company of the trustworthy, like Mrs. Surratt. A widow who runs a small boardinghouse on H Street, Mary Surratt isn't half as committed to the cause as her son, Johnny. If he's not delivering messages or escorting veiled spies, he's inviting home men like John Wilkes Booth, an actor who is even more charming in person than he is on the stage.

Based on the true story of Diane Sutton, 28, the former model and heiress who died after apparent suicide by train at Surbiton station, leaving behind a five-year-old son. The story of Diane Sutton and her son, Byron, is narrated by journalist Mathew Taylor, who was commissioned to write a 2,000-piece for a national daily, focusing on winter suicides.