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| Title | : | The Damned of Petersburg: A Novel (The Battle Hymns Series) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.43 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765374064 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
"A Gliimpse at a Dark Time In American History" according to Amazon Customer. I have come to expect outstanding historical fiction from Ralph Peters and he does not disappoint with this book. This Civil War novel picks up with the ill-fated mine that the North built to break the South in the siege of Petersburg. It details man’s inhumanity to man and the slaughter that followed after the explosion and the crater was formed. It shows that no one is immune to the cru. Thanks to Ralph Peters, you are there at Petersburg in 1864. jerome j. burke The Damned of Petersburg is Ralph Peters’ fourth novel in a series that describes through the experiences of participants the progress of the Civil War from the Battle of Gettysburg (Cain at Gettysburg), the Wilderness and Grant’s march southward to Richmond (Hell or Richmond) and the initial battles east of Richmond (Valley of the Shadow).His story now moves to the siege of Petersb. "Peters has always been good at conveying the human aspects of war" according to Martin N. Stanton. Ralph Peters continues to surprise. The Damned of Petersburg is in every way the equal to his previous Civil War novels (Cain at Gettysburg, Hell or Richmond and Valley of the Shadow) but it goes even further delving into the personal lives of the officers and men involved in the desperate, grinding conflict around Petersburg during the summer and fall of 186Peters has always been good at conveying the human aspects of war Martin N. Stanton Ralph Peters continues to surprise. The Damned of Petersburg is in every way the equal to his previous Civil War novels (Cain at Gettysburg, Hell or Richmond and Valley of the Shadow) but it goes even further delving into the personal lives of the officers and men involved in the desperate, grinding conflict around Petersburg during the summer and fall of 1864. Peters has always been good at co. . Peters has always been good at co
Readers can only feel as if they were participants in that dirty, hot summer of 1864, with death constantly facing them.” Chris Calkins, former National Park Historian at the Petersburg National Battlefield and author of The Appomattox Campaign"Peters creates a superbly detailed retelling of the Civil Warfast-pacedthoughtfulmagnificent." Kirkus Reviews, starred review"The writing is very engaging and the use of period and regional slang is superb (Faulkner, eat your heart out.) The descriptions are a
In desperate battles, now forgotten, such as Deep Bottom, Globe Tavern and Reams Station, soldiers on both sides, pushed to the last human limits, fought on as their superiors struggled to master a terrible new age of warfare. The Damned of Petersburg revives heroes aplentyenriching our knowledge of our most terrible warbut, above all, this novel’s a tribute to the endurance and courage of the American soldier, North or South.. GLORY TURNED GRIM… …and warfare changed forever. From the butchery of The Crater, where stunning success collapsed into a massacre, through near-constant battles fought by heat-stricken soldiers, to the crucial election of 1864, The Damned of Petersburg resurrects our Civil War’s hard reality, as plumes and sabers gave way to miles of trenches. That confrontation in the bloody summer and autumn of 1864 shaped the nation
He is currently at work on the next climactic novel of the sequence that began with Cain atGettyburg and continued through Hell or Richmond, Valley of the Shadow and The Damned ofPetersburg.. In uniform and as a researcher and journalist, he has covered numerous conflicts and trouble spots, fr
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