Darkness at Chancellorsville A Novel of Stonewall Jackson's Triumph and Tragedy |
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Author:
| Peters, Ralph |
Read by:
| McLaren, Todd |
ISBN: | 979-8-212-09023-0 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2022 |
Publisher: | Tantor Media, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Tantor Audio |
Book Format: | CD-Audio |
List Price: | USD $51.99 |
Book Description:
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Ralph Peters's Darkness at Chancellorsville is a novel of one of the most dramatic battles in American history, from the New York Times bestselling, four-time Boyd Award-winning author of the Battle Hymn Cycle. Centered upon one of the most surprising and dramatic battles in American history,
Darkness at Chancellorsville recreates what began as a brilliant, triumphant campaign for the Union--only to end in disaster for the North. Famed Confederate Generals...
More Description Ralph Peters's Darkness at Chancellorsville is a novel of one of the most dramatic battles in American history, from the New York Times bestselling, four-time Boyd Award-winning author of the Battle Hymn Cycle. Centered upon one of the most surprising and dramatic battles in American history, Darkness at Chancellorsville recreates what began as a brilliant, triumphant campaign for the Union--only to end in disaster for the North. Famed Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson bring off an against-all-odds surprise victory, humiliating a Yankee force three times the size of their own, while the Northern army is torn by rivalries, anti-immigrant prejudice and selfish ambition. This historically accurate epic captures the high drama, human complexity and existential threat that nearly tore the United States in two, featuring a broad range of fascinating--and real--characters, in blue and gray, who sum to an untold story about a battle that has attained mythic proportions. And, in the end, the Confederate triumph proved a Pyrrhic victory, since it lured Lee to embark on what would become the war's turning point--the Gettysburg Campaign (featured in Cain at Gettysburg).