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Podcast: Moncrieff
Episode: Why did John Wilkes Booth kill Abraham Lincoln?
Description: A new book has shed light on Abraham Lincoln’s murderer, the infamous John Wilkes Booth.While Booth is thought of as a crazed, lone killer, author Scott Ellsworth’s new book, ‘Midnight on the Potomac’, reveals the gunman’s true personality, and the political connections that fuelled Lincoln’s assassination.Scott Elsworth is a New York Times best-selling author, writer and Historian, and he joins Seán to discuss.