Abraham Lincoln

S1 E9: Abraham Lincoln. The man who rises from obscurity to become the 16th American President and arguably it’s finest. But on April 15th 1865 he becomes the first US President to be assassinated, leading to the creation of a legend that obscures his true personality. Through in-depth historical, psychological and medical analysis, his character is laid bare, and the extraordinary impact of his early life as a rural dirt farmer, on his later actions as President, revealed.