A review by sisa_moyo
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever by Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly

challenging informative medium-paced

Killing Lincoln chronicles the last few weeks of Lincoln’s life and the state of American politics at that time. From the North-South divide, the hatred of Lincoln owing to the emancipation proclamation to the detailed end of the Civil war between Grants Union forces and Lee’s Confederate forces. 

As always O’Reiley And Dugard manage to take some time in American and or world history and factually and artfully weave it into a thrilleresque narrative of an assassination of some key historical figure. Killing Lincoln is no exception as the authors are able to build up to the final moments of the president’s life and lay out the various conspiracies on the plot to end it that still hang to this day - from the various players who’s involvement was indisputable to those that history suspects. 

And while I felt that quite a lot of time was spent detailing the end of the Civil War, and he cat and mouse between Grant and Lee, overall it was a thoroughly informative and enjoyable listen me. It would be too for those interested in history generally, American history especially, and the life of Lincoln at Civil War’s end particularly. I also enjoyed listening to the audiobooks in this series as they are read by the author Bill O’Reiley who masterfully delivers each line and chapter as if it were a plot twist in some fictional work.