Kate Clifford Larson tells the story of Mary Surratt, a little-known participant in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, and the first woman ever to be executed by the Federal Government. The Assassin's Accomplice describes the Lincoln conspiracy through the eyes of its only female participant using interviews, confessions, and court testimony.

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