Valley of the Shadow: A Novel (The Battle Hymn Cycle)
Ralph Peters' Darkness at Chancellorsville is a novel of one of the most dramatic battles in American history, from the New York Times bestselling, three-time Boyd Award-winning author of the Battle Hymn Cycle.
Centered upon one of the most surprising and dramatic battles in American history, Darkness at Chancellorsville recreates what began as a brilliant, triumphant campaign for the Union―only to end in disaster for the North. Famed Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson bring off an against-all-odds surprise victory, humiliating a Yankee force three times the size of their own, while the Northern army is torn by rivalries, anti-immigrant prejudice and selfish ambition.
This historically accurate epic captures the high drama, human complexity and existential threat that nearly tore the United States in two, featuring a broad range of fascinating―and real―characters, in blue and gray, who sum to an untold story about a battle that has attained mythic proportions. And, in the end, the Confederate triumph proved a Pyrrhic victory, since it lured Lee to embark on what would become the war's turning point―the Gettysburg Campaign (featured in Cain At Gettysburg).
Country | USA |
Author | Ralph Peters |
Binding | Hardcover |
EAN | 9780765381736 |
ISBN | 0765381737 |
Label | Forge Books |
Manufacturer | Forge Books |
NumberOfItems | 1 |
NumberOfPages | 384 |
PublicationDate | 2019-05-21 |
Publisher | Forge Books |
ReleaseDate | 2019-05-21 |
Studio | Forge Books |