The Plot
2/20/202643 min
In 1864, a 41-year-old woman named Mary Surratt was running a boarding house in Washington, D.C. One of the most famous actors in the country began visiting her – which led to her becoming known as the woman who “kept the nest that hatched the egg."
Kate Clifford Larson’s book is The Assassin’s Accomplice.
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In 1863, a widow named Mary Surratt was running a tavern in a small town in Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C. There was a post office in the same building. Her youngest son, John, was the