Booth

Fowler’s Booth is an expansive historical novel about the family of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin who killed Abraham Lincoln. Rather than focusing on the act itself, Fowler traces the hopes, fractures, and failures that shaped a family living through America’s turbulent 19th century. Her meticulous research brings depth to each sibling’s perspective, revealing how personal and national histories intertwine. The novel examines ambition, loyalty, and the making of an extremist. It is rich, tragic, and morally searching — a sweeping portrait of a family shadowed by infamy.