Historical scholarship wrapped in page-turning prose! JOHN SURRATT: THE LINCOLN ASSASSIN WHO GOT AWAY, is the true story of the Confederate Secret Service agent who was Booth’s closest associate in the four months leading up to the assassination. This book tracks Surratt’s every move during the tense final weeks prior to that fateful night at Ford's Theatre, including his affair with a mysterious veiled lady spy and his meetings with the Confederate high command in Richmond. It follows Surratt’s wild flight from justice as his mother stood trial for her life, from New York to Quebec, Quebec to Liverpool, and then to Italy, where he enlisted in the Pope's mercenary army. It follows Surratt's capture and sensational second escape, and recapture in Egypt, from where he is finally returned home to the scene of the crime in Washington DC for a sensational trial.