I so enjoyed listening to this great book! The main story of Lincoln’s Second Inauguration and events surrounding it is dramatic enough. But what makes this book come alive is all the incidental stories that are woven into the tapestry. The story of Walt Whitman and his care for wounded soldiers, the story of Clara Barton’s brother, the sad ending to the lives of rivals Mary Todd Lincoln and Kate Chase Sprague, the friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, and the interesting account of Seldon Connor, who was wounded in battle, but lived to serve his country and state for years, all of these and more make this a memorable book indeed. Both the author and narrator were new to me, but I will look forward to hearing from both of them in many more books. Highly recommended!