{"product_id":"2940148895763","title":"Lost Love: A True Story of Passion, Murder, and Justice in Old New York","description":"In 1869 America was recovering from the devastation of the Civil War. But a love story and its violent outcome in New York upstaged all else in newspapers across the country. Abby Sage, a beautiful actress, suffered through and finally escaped from an abusive marriage when her jealous ex-husband murdered her alleged lover - acclaimed Civil War journalist Albert Deane Richardsonin the lobby of the New York Tribune. The ensuing trial captivated the imagination of America and began a fiery debate about the sanctity of marriage and the rights of women. Lost Love brings this celebrated but forgotten case to life. With the eye of a journalist and the heart of a novelist, George Cooper weaves newspaper accounts, trial transcripts, period illustrations, and letters written by the lovers into an irresistible narrative. The story sweeps from the war-torn South to the new Western frontier, from small-town New England to the drawing rooms of New York's aristocracy. Cooper also introduces us to some of the most notable figures of the day - Horace Greeley, Edwin Booth, and Henry Ward Beecher among them - for Abby and Albert's lives and the tragedy of their love touched people far and wide. Lost Love vividly rekindles the passion of a love affair more than a century old as it captures the smoldering fervor of America's \"age of innocence\" - when marriage was still held sacred but the flames of free love and the rise of feminism could be seen just over the horizon.","brand":"George Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108911726832,"sku":"2940148895763","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148895763_p0.jpg?v=1763709723","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148895763","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}