Judgment at Appomattox by Ralph Peters

Judgment at Appomattox by Ralph Peters

The fifth historical novel of New York Times bestselling author Ralph Peters's breathtaking, Boyd Award-winning Civil War series

Written with the literary flair and historical accuracy readers expect from Ralph Peters, Judgment at Appomattox takes readers through the Civil War's last grim interludes of combat as flags fall and hearts break.

A great war nears its end. Robert E. Lee makes a desperate, dramatic gamble that fails. Richmond falls. Each day brings new combat and more casualties, as Lee's exhausted, hungry troops race to preserve the Confederacy. But Grant does not intend to let Lee escape. . . . In one of the most thrilling episodes in American history, heroes North and South battle each other across southern Virginia as the armies converge on a sleepy country court house.

Capping the author's acclaimed five-novel cycle on the war in the East, this "dramatized history" pays homage to all the soldiers who fought, from an Irish-immigrant private wearing gray, to the "boy generals" who mastered modern war. This is a grand climax to a great, prize-winning series that honors--and reveals--America's past.

Ralph Peters is a bestselling, award-winning novelist, a journalist who has covered various conflicts and appears frequently in the broadcast media, and a lifelong traveler who has visited over seventy countries on six continents. Ralph Peters' journalism has appeared in dozens of newspapers, journals, and web-zines, including The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Harpers, and Armchair General Magazine, to name a few. The Officers' Club, The War After Armageddon, Endless War, and Red Army are among his works. Peters grew up in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State University to study writing. He is based in Washington, D.C., where he writes and lives.