A World on Fire by Amanda Foreman
As America descended into Civil War, British loyalties were torn between support for the North, which was against slavery, and defending the South, which portrayed itself as bravely fighting for its independence. This book gives fresh accounts of Civil War battles by seeing them through the eyes of British journalists and myriad soldiers.
Amanda Foreman's magnificent book provides a completely fresh perspective on the first great modern conflictWeaving together a vast panoply of people and events, it dramatically brings alive this extraordinary period on British and American history -- Antony Beevor
Ambitiously conceived, impressively researched and gracefully written, Amanda Foreman has crafted a narrative rich in detail, anecdote, insight and personalities. It puts a human face - many human faces - on a brutal conflict remorselessly descending into an inhuman total war -- Brian Jenkins
A tour de force, a work of extreme virtuosity both in the research and the telling * Bloomberg News *
Ambitiously conceived, impressively researched and gracefully written, Amanda Foreman has crafted a narrative rich in detail, anecdote, insight and personalities. It puts a human face - many human faces - on a brutal conflict remorselessly descending into an inhuman total war -- Brian Jenkins
A tour de force, a work of extreme virtuosity both in the research and the telling * Bloomberg News *
Amanda Foreman is the author of the international bestseller Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1999) which has been translated into thirteen languages and won the Whitbread Prize for Biography. She is currently a research fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. She is married with five children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141040585 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141040580 |
| Title | A World on Fire |
| Author | Amanda Foreman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-06-02 |
| Number of pages | 1072 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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