The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) in Constant Reader

Sep 01, 2011 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: pulitzer-prize, american-fiction, america, history, bookmooch, read-2014, civil-war, mtbr-challenge-2014

This is the second book of the The Civil War: 1861-1865 series.

In this book, the author describes four days of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.

Through the vision of the four main characters, Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet for the Confederacy, and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and John Buford for the Union, the author describes the battle of Gettysburg.

The Battle of Gettysburg, by Thure de Thulstrup

Page 29-30:
"Some of us volunteered to fight for Union. Some came in mainly bec ...more

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Jun 25, 2012 Stephen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, borrowed, and-saw-the-movie, tv-and-movies, war-stories, pulitzers, all-time-favorites, z-read-in-2017

Epic approach to history and the pivotal battle of the U.S. Civil War. The movie is an all time favorite and the movie makers were very faithful to the book. I listened to this in the audio-format and the reader (Stephen Hoye) did a masterful job - often mimicking the dialects and accents of the parties and even separating younger voices from old in a performance that is one of the best I've encountered.

A timely read in light of the recent events surrounding the removal of statues of Confederate ...more

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Jun 28, 2013 Pang rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, constant-reader

OUT-STANDING story and SUPERB narrating! If I could give it more stars, I totally would.

The book is told through the eyes of the generals and colonels on both sides: Robert Edward Lee, James Longstreet, Lewis Addison Armistead, Joshua L. Chamberlain, and John Buford. The story is so emotional and gripping.

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