Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War - Hardcover

Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031230935X ISBN 13: 9780312309350

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2003

Synopsis

The year is 1863 and General Robert E. Lee and his army are poised to attack the North at Gettysburg. But Lee's campaign ended in failure, which has posed one of the great what if debates in American history. This title explores how a victory would have changed history's course.

About this title

Review:

"Two respected historians, one horrific battle - and the challenging question of "what if...?' Sure to become a Civil War classic..."--W.E.B. Griffin, author of Final Justice

From the Back Cover:

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL
OF TRUE HEROISM AND GLORY IN AMERICA'S MOST TRYING HOUR.

"COMPELLING."
--The Atlanta Journal Constitution

"A RIPPING GOOD READ."
--The Washington Post

"A VERITABLE FEAST."
--Publishers Weekly

The Battle of Gettysburg has become the great "what if" of American history. Gettysburg unfolds an alternate path and creates for General Robert E. Lee the victory he might have won. Full of dramatic battle scenes, military strategy, and captivating period details, Gettysburg stands as a remarkable entry in the pantheon of Civil War literature and as a vivid novel of the realities of war.

The year is 1863, and General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia are poised to attack the North and claim the victory that could end the brutal conflict. Launching his men into a vast sweeping operation, General Lee, acting as he did at Chancellorsville, Second Manassas, and Antietam, displays the audacity of old. He knows he has but one more good chance to gain ultimate victory. Now Lee's lieutenants and the men in the ranks, imbued with this renewed spirit of the offensive, embark on the Gettysburg Campaign that many dream "should have been..".

"Believable and beautifully written...every bit as good as Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels."
-The Courier Journal (Kentucky)

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 031230935X
• ISBN 13: 9780312309350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384