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Washington, D.C., 1861: A new president takes office, a nation begins to break apart--and Colonel Charles Rook must risk insubordination to stop a mysterious assassin who prowls a nervous city. He will need the help of an ally he does not even know he has: Portia, a beautiful slave who holds a vital clue, hundreds of miles away. Mixing actual historical figures with fictionalized characters (a la ?Ragtime?), ?The First Assassin? is as gripping as any contemporary espionage thriller, and has the added bonus of being a fascinating look at the political realities of America at the dawn of the Civil War.…mehr

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Washington, D.C., 1861: A new president takes office, a nation begins to break apart--and Colonel Charles Rook must risk insubordination to stop a mysterious assassin who prowls a nervous city. He will need the help of an ally he does not even know he has: Portia, a beautiful slave who holds a vital clue, hundreds of miles away. Mixing actual historical figures with fictionalized characters (a la ?Ragtime?), ?The First Assassin? is as gripping as any contemporary espionage thriller, and has the added bonus of being a fascinating look at the political realities of America at the dawn of the Civil War.