Treasure hunters Peter Fallon and Evangeline Carrington are heading for
adventure in Washington, D.C., the sleek, modern, power-hungry capital
of America...and the crowded, muddy, intrigue-filled nexus of the Civil
War. Their prize? A document of incredible historical importance and
incalculable value: Abraham Lincoln's diary.
What if Lincoln recorded his innermost thoughts as he moved toward the
realization that he must free the slaves? And what if that diary slipped
from his fingers in 1862? A recently discovered letter written by
Lincoln suggests that the diary exists and is waiting to be found. Some
want the diary for its enormous symbolic value to a nation that reveres
Lincoln. Others believe it carries a dark truth about Lincoln's famous
proclamation--a truth that could profoundly impact the fast-approaching
elections and change the course of the nation. Peter and Evangeline must
beat these villains to the prize or risk a future that corrupts the
vision for which Lincoln fought.
From William Martin, the New York Times bestselling author of The
Lost Constitution, The Lincoln Letter is a breathless chase across
the Washington of today as well as a political thriller set in our
besieged Civil War capital. It is a story of old animosities that still
smolder, old philosophies that still contend, and a portrait of our
greatest president as he passes from lawyer to leader in the fight for
the birth of a new freedom.
