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Author | Candice Millard |
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Published | 2011 |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Pages | 339 |
Awards | Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2012) |
ISBN | 978-0-385-52626-5 |
Website | Destiny of the Republic |
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President is a 2011 book by Candice Millard covering the life and assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. [1] [2] Published by Doubleday (an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, owned by Random House [3]) on 20 September 2011, it later went on to win the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime in 2012. [4] in 2024 Netflix announced plans to adapt the book into a miniseries that stars Michael Shannon as Garfield and Matthew Macfadyen as Guiteau. [5]
Millard's book received positive reviews upon publishing by organizations such as The New York Times, [6] The Washington Times, [7] and The Seattle Times. [8]
Del Quentin Wilber of The Washington Post said of the book, "Millard has crafted a fresh narrative that plumbs some of the most dramatic days in U.S. presidential history." [9]
The book went on to win the following awards:
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Author | Candice Millard |
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Published | 2011 |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Pages | 339 |
Awards | Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2012) |
ISBN | 978-0-385-52626-5 |
Website | Destiny of the Republic |
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President is a 2011 book by Candice Millard covering the life and assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. [1] [2] Published by Doubleday (an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, owned by Random House [3]) on 20 September 2011, it later went on to win the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime in 2012. [4] in 2024 Netflix announced plans to adapt the book into a miniseries that stars Michael Shannon as Garfield and Matthew Macfadyen as Guiteau. [5]
Millard's book received positive reviews upon publishing by organizations such as The New York Times, [6] The Washington Times, [7] and The Seattle Times. [8]
Del Quentin Wilber of The Washington Post said of the book, "Millard has crafted a fresh narrative that plumbs some of the most dramatic days in U.S. presidential history." [9]
The book went on to win the following awards: