"THE BEST CIVIL WAR NOVEL EVER WRITTEN... The descriptions of combat are incomparable; they convey not just the sights but the noise and smell of battle. And the characterizations are simply superb.... Shaara has managed to capture the essence of war, the divided friendships, the madness, and the heroism of fratricidal conflict."

-Stephen B. Oates
Author of With Malice Toward None

"[Shaara] writes with clarity and power.... His descriptions of the battle scenes are vivid and unsparing."

-Newsday

"Akin to Hemingway... [and] Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage."

-The Houston Post

"A compelling version of what America's Armageddon must have been like... Surefire storytelling."

-Publishers Weekly

"You will learn more from this utterly absorbing book about Gettysburg than from any nonfictional account. Shaara fabulously, convincingly brings characters such as Robert E. Lee to life and makes the conflict all too real."

-Forbes

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