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I’ve just finished reading The Killer Angels which is the second of the war and literature readalong organised by Beauty is a Sleeping cat.
The American civil war is unfamiliar territory to me as I studied a completely different civil war, England’s, in school. I was quite unable to put this book down once I’d begun reading. Michael Sharra does a superb job of putting you right alongside his characters. The novel is told in seven alternating voices, those of the commanders of the opposing sides ...more
The American civil war is unfamiliar territory to me as I studied a completely different civil war, England’s, in school. I was quite unable to put this book down once I’d begun reading. Michael Sharra does a superb job of putting you right alongside his characters. The novel is told in seven alternating voices, those of the commanders of the opposing sides ...more
I just visited Gettysburg and picked this book up at the visitor's center bookstore. Having just toured the site, this book brought to life the people behind the battle. Recommend for those who enjoy military or Civil War books.
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