A World on Fire Quotes

“His (Grant's) face has three expressions: deep thought, extreme determination, and great simplicity and calmness.”
― Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War

“(One bag contained the Confederate flag and a pouch filled with Virginia soil. Georgiana intended to give birth with the flag draped symbolically above the bed and the soil placed underneath to ensure that the baby was a true Virginian.)”
― Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War

“Lyons’s views on America were generally in keeping with those of the Foreign Office: he was well disposed to its people, but he thought that democracy made the government weak and handed too much power to the violent and ignorant elements of society.”
― Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War

“trying his best to discourage them,”
― Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War

“The feeling is the less to be combated, because it is utterly unreasonable and utterly regardless of facts or arguments.”
― Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War