A tale of courage, cowardice, death, life, growth, war, violence, redemption, and finally, love and compassion&A gentle compelling story about such an ungentle time. Captures the details of wartime Virginia with stunning force. This novel blots out the protection of historical distance. It is astonishingly immediate. Its research is magnificent but never intrudes. It becomes the story of war itself, how brutal it is, how courageous, how slowly and inexorably mad. Boldly capricious, blessed with a host of vivid and memorable characters and a wealth of striking and credible events, Donald McCaig's powerful, compassionate story is deeply rooted in the real and living presence of Virginia before, during, and after the Civil War. The finest novel about the Civil War ever written. McCaigs prose is gorgeous&One of the best Civil War novels&Stunning. Winner of the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction
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