“The largest manhunt in American history”
Her new series Apple TV+“Manhunt” about the aftermath of the assassination of the US president Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and the attempts to catch his killer will premiere in March.
The historical fiction/conspiracy thriller series, as described by the streaming service, centers on Lincoln’s Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, who is determined to catch Lincoln’s assassin and protect the late president’s legacy.
Tobias Menzies, known from the series “Game of Thrones” and ““Outlander” and from his role as Prince Philip in the third and fourth seasons of “The Crown” will star as Edwin Stanton, who organized the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth.
The series is based on James Swanson’s book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” (2007) which tells the story of murder, intrigue and betrayal and “the greatest manhunt in American history”.
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the USA, on April 14, 1865, was attending a play with his wife at Ford’s Theater in Washington. During the third act, Lincoln was shot by the actor, John Wilkes Booth.
From April 14 to April 26, 1865, as the American writer reports, Stanton “led Union cavalry troops on a wild, 12-day chase through the streets of Washington, the swamps of Maryland, and the woods of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the civil war that had just ended, watched in horror and sorrow.”
The series will premiere on Apple TV+ with two episodes on March 15.
