First published 2005
As the Civil War looms, Abraham Lincoln assembles a "team of rivals" - his former political opponents - to lead the country. Jealous and suspicious, the contentious cabinet must put aside their differences to confront the existential threat of secession. With masterful political acumen, Lincoln navigates their competing egos and ideologies, forging an uneasy alliance that will preserve the Union and end slavery.
Genres: biography, american-civil-war, historical-fiction, politics, 19th-century, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: United States, Ohio, New York, Missouri, Illinois, Chicago, Fort Sumter, North Carolina, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania
Period: 1861-1865, 1860, 1864
916 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster