For the first time comes the full story of General Lew Wallace's role in the trial of the conspirators to murder President Abraham Lincoln.Wallace later wrote the classic novel of faith called BEN HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST. He also serve as Governor of New Mexico and ambassador to Turkey during his long and varied career. He also fancied himself a painter--and created his infamous watercolor "The Conspirators" to depict J. Wilkes Booth and his henchmen.Now comes a tale of how the painting came to be and the nightmares it gave its creator.This is the first of a series of Wallace tales. Second is William Russo's WHEN BILLY THE KID MET BEN HUR... and forthcoming next year will be the final installment entitled WHEN JACK THE RIPPER MET BEN HUR. All the tales are fictional recreations of Wallace's adventures as a Renaissance Man of the late 19th century.
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