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A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided
A World on Fire tells, with extraordinary sweep, one of the least known great stories of British and American history. As America descended into Civil War, British loyalties were torn...
Robert E.Lee: Icon for a Nation
General Robert E Lee, handsome, immaculately attired and dignified, quickly emerged as one of the great heroes of the American Civil War. This is rather surprising for, as Brian Holden...
The Compact History of the Civil War
The book titled The Compact History of the Civil War by the author R. Ernest Dupuy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Demon of Unrest: Abraham Lincoln & America's Road to Civil War
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of...
UNIFORMS OF CIVIL WAR IN COLOUR
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"Traces the Blue and the Gray in this gallery of over 150 full-color paintings...portraying army uniforms of the civil war...historical information, data on rank markings, badges, belt plates, and buttons,...
The Civil War: An Illustrated History
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"A treasure for the eye and mind" ( The New York Times ) about the greatest war in American history-and a magnificent companion volume to the celebrated PBS television series...
They Shall Not Pass: The British Battalion at Jarama - The Spanish
In 1937 a group of idealistic British volunteers sailed from England to fight the dark threat of dictatorship in Spain. In the olive groves of Jarama, near Madrid, they achieved...
Masters of the Field: The Fourth United States Cavalry in the Civil
The Fourth United States Cavalry in the Civil War This is the untold story of the heroic efforts of the men of the 4th United States Cavalry as they sabred...
Between Two Fires: American Indians in the Civil War
The story of Indian participation on both sides during the American Civil War. Nine different tribal groups are featured and the author aims to show how and why the Indians,...
A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided
In "A World on Fire" Amanda Foreman brings her unique style of epic biography to the American Civil War. During the titanic struggle between North and South, both sides demanded...
Civil War Dynasty: The Ewing Family of Ohio
For years the Ewing family of Ohio has been lost in the historical shadow cast by their in-law, General William T. Sherman. In the era of the Civil War, it...
Homage to Catalonia
The now-classic account of Orwell's experiences in the Spanish Civil War, in a stunning new cover look for his great works 'Every line of serious work that I have written...
Images from the Storm: 300 Civil War Images by the Author of Eye of
The Civil War legacy of Robert Knox Sneden is an unparalleled treasure trove of words and pictures. The publication of the bestselling "Eye of the Storm" in the fall of...
Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory
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Few things have defined America as much as slavery. In the wake of emancipation the story of the Underground Railroad has become a seemingly irresistible part of American historical consciousness....
Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell: A Historical Guide to
Oliver Cromwell is one of the most important figures in British History. He was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His...
The Road to the Country
The new novel by Booker-shortlisted author Chigozie Obioma THE TWICE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times 'Incredibly moving and hopeful' Nadifa Mohamed 'Remarkable'...
The Road to the Country
The latest novel by twice Booker-shortlisted author Chigozie Obioma FROM THE TWICE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and the New American Voices...
Friends in Youth: Choosing Sides in the English Civil War
Two old friends end up on opposite sides of the English Civil War, in this scintillating history At the Inns of Court, the intellectual, literary, and social heart of early...
In the Shadow of the Alabama: The British Foreign Office and the
This book looks at an allegation of betrayal made against a young Foreign Office clerk, Victor Buckley, who, it was claimed, leaked privileged information to agents of the southern States...
Blood: Stories of Life and Death from the Civil War
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The Civil War the bloodiest, most dramatic moment in this nation's history also produced some of the country's greatest literature. Blood reflects the violent hatred, love, patriotism, and heroism this...
This Distracted and Anarchical People: New Answers for Old Questions
While most of the fighting took place in the South, the Civil War profoundly affected the North. As farm boys became soldiers and marched off to battle, social, economic, and...
Virginia at War, 1864
The fourth book in the Virginia at War series casts a special light on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. Following a year in which only one major...
How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book by an expert professor shows us why they happen, and how to avoid them We are now...
Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the
"Ironclad against ironclad, we maneuvered about the bay here and went at each other with mutual fierceness," reported Chief Engineer Alban Stimers following that momentous engagement between the USS Monitor...
Caught in the Maelstrom: The Indian Nations in the Civil War,
The sad plight of the Five Civilized Tribes-the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole-during America's Civil War is both fascinating and often overlooked in the literature. From 1861-1865, the Indians...
Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis As Commander In Chief
From the Pulitzer Prize - winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy History has not been kind...
A Moment of War
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books In one of the great English war memoirs, we learn what it is to cross the Pyrenees through freezing snow to...
Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln
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Originally published in 1926, it was the author's belief that the constitutional developments of the civil war had far reaching significance and that they deserved a fuller treatment than they...
My Life on the Plains: Or, Personal Experiences with Indians
An officer and cavalry commander during the Civil War and Indian wars, General George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) was well-known in his lifetime for his personal daring and his aggressive approach...
The Sea King: The Life of James Iredell Waddell
As the rogue captain of the last Confederate commerce raider, the Shenandoah , James Waddell was a huge thorn in the side of the post-Civil War administration (they branded him...
Receding Tide
A single day: July 4, 1863, brought to a conclusion two of the most infamous battles of the Civil War. In the west, after six months under siege, Vicksburg Mississippi,...
American General: The Life and Times of William Tecumseh Sherman
Now in paperback--a new biography of General Sherman from a retired brigadier general, historian, and son of President Eisenhower. Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman earned a place in history...
Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court
The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark,...
Throes Of Democracy: The American Civil War Era 1829-1877
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A Brief History of the English Civil Wars: Roundheads, Cavaliers and the Execution of the King
Miller provides a clear and comprehensible narrative, a coherent and accurate synthesis, intended as a guide for students and the general reader to an extremely complex period in British history....
Vital Rails: The Civil War History of the Charleston and Savannah
Completed in 1860 and spanning more than one hundred miles across rice fields, salt marshes, and seven rivers and creeks, the Charleston & Savannah Railroad was designed to revolutionize the...
A Long Petal of the Sea
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The Best Gun in the World: George Woodward Morse and the South
A year after seceding from the Union, South Carolina and the Confederate States government faced the daunting challenge of equipping soldiers with weapons, ammunition, and other military implements during the...
Living a Big War in a Small Place: Spartanburg, South Carolina, during
Most of what we know about how the Civil War affected life in the Confederacy is related to cities, troop movements, battles, and prominent political, economic, or military leaders. Far...
Colors and Blood: Flag Passions of the Confederate South
As rancorous debates over Confederate symbols continue, Robert Bonner explores how the rebel flag gained its enormous power to inspire and repel. In the process, he shows how the Confederacy...
Experimental Units of Hitler's Condor Legion
At the start of the Spanish Civil War the nationalists sought help for their cause from Germany, following which volunteers from the German Air Force and Army formed what was...
Parliament's Generals: Supreme Command and Politics during the British
Waller, Essex, Fairfax, Manchester and Cromwell are among the most famous military men who fought for Parliament during the English Civil War. While their performance as generals has been explored...
The Demon of Unrest: Abraham Lincoln & America's Road to Civil War
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of...
The Demon of Unrest: Abraham Lincoln & America's Road to Civil War
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of...
Lee's Young Artillerist: William R.J. Pegram
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North with Lee and Jackson: Lost Story of Gettysburg
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