Recensori in anteprimaDouglas Savage

Tense courtroom scenes of Lee’s confrontations with his one-time subordinates and rivals alternate with vivid and highly-detailed reports of his campaigns. . . . Savage has created a convincing and compelling portrait of Lee and the events of the Civil War’s biggest battle. --Military Book News On July 3rd, 1863, the massed armies of North and South met in fury near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. When silence fell, more than 22,000 Southern boys lay dead or wounded and their enemy stood unvanquished. It was General Robert E. Lee’s worst defeat; the beginning of the end for the Rebel cause. What if the now-venerated general had been called to account for his failures? What if he were tried for treason as the architect of the Confederacy’s demise? Powerfully authentic and thought-provoking, this venture into speculative history imagines Lee defending his decisions against a hostile Confederate Congress and reliving his famous campaigns: Fredericksburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and the stunning disaster at Gettysburg. Here, amid the blood, smoke, and flying steel, the great figures of the war come to life—most of all Lee himself, the reluctant hero overwhelmed by the crushing responsibility, who now must fight for his life as he never fought before . . . Douglas Savage is a critically acclaimed author of many books, including A Mouthful of Dust: A Portrait of a Writer in Search of His Own Red Badge of Courage, The Sons of Grady Rourke, Highpockets, Cedar City Rendezvous, The Glass Lady, and Incident in Mona Passage.