Gods and Generals: A Novel of the Civil War - Jeff Shaara

Descriere Gods and Generals: A Novel of the Civil War - Jeff Shaara

The nationally bestselling prequel to the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War novel The Killer Angels. Jeff Shaara carries forth his father's vision in a monumental story of the Civil War's beginning and the lives, passions, and careers of its great military leaders. \nThe New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Killer Angels \n In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. Here is Thomas Stonewall Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War; Winfield Scott Hancock, a captain of quartermasters who quickly establishes himself as one of the finest leaders of the Union army; Joshua Chamberlain, who gives up his promising academic career and goes on to become one of the most heroic soldiers in American history; and Robert E. Lee, never believing until too late that a civil war would ever truly come to pass. Profound in its insights into the minds and hearts of those who fought in the war, Gods and Generals creates a vivid portrait of the soldiers, the battlefields, and the tumultuous times that forever shaped the nation.\n

Detalii

Brand

Ballantine Books

Categorie

ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9780345422477

Magazine

1

Disponibilitate

in stock