Netflix’s Assassination Drama ‘Death by Lightning’ Is a Sobering Historical Account: TV Review

Based on Candice Millard’s 2011 novel “Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President,” Netflix’s newest limited series, “Death by Lightning,” follows President James Garfield, the oft-forgotten 20th president of the United States, and the man who assassinated him, Charles Guiteau. Created by Mike Makowsky (“Bad Education”) and […]