{"id":2287,"date":"2016-08-15T15:27:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T13:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2016-09-25T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T11:45:00","slug":"books-on-monday-the-lincoln-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/books-on-monday-the-lincoln-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Books on Monday: The Lincoln Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two books today: If you like historical fiction I can recommend The Lincoln Letter by William Martin. 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