O'Reilly warned that this story will read like a thriller. Partly because he reads it, it sounded more like a boring history lecture. Even so, I was very much engaged. Bits and pieces of the assassination plot were never taught. I appreciated the summary of the last days of the war. The possibility that Secretary Stanton was involved in the conspiracy was intriguing. The flamboyant exploits of the detective Lafayette Baker sounded like fiction. I even appreciated the long-winded afterward. It was nice to have a few of the loose ends tied up.

O'Reilly does a great job with the way he lays out the days before the assassination. It is a very colorful description of the 12 days before Lincoln can no longer heal the torn nation. Any history buff should read this book. O'Reilly was a history teacher before he became a talking head and it shows, Go Bill!

I felt like I was in US history. Anybody want to read a text book?

A fast paced historical account. O'Reilly and his co-author, Martin Dugard, provide details often left out by other accounts of Lincoln's demise.

Reads like a thriller. Hard to put down. A great way to learn a little history.

A real page turner

This book was impossible to get through. Hard to read

Meh. Bad prose. Poor chapter transitions. Repetitive. Overall a short book trying to be longer.

This was a really interesting read. Not something I would normally read, but pretty good nonetheless. The book details the last week of Lincoln's life and the events/plot that leads to his assassination. There were so many coincidences that tied John Wilkes Booth to Lincoln and the authors do a good job of tying things together. They also list a few conspiracies and details about what happened to everyone involved.