Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, examines Abraham Lincoln’s mastery of men in this massive dual biography. She demonstrates how he salvaged a Civil War-torn America by appointing his harshest opponents to crucial cabinet positions and requiring them to assist him realise his peace agenda. It’s an amazing study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen, as well as a spectacular piece of narrative history. This is a novel you’ll want to bury yourself in.
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