The Killer Angels
A Novel of the Civil War
by Michael Shaara
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The best and most realistic historical novel about war I have ever read
GENERAL H NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
My favourite historical novel ... A superb recreation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant
JAMES M McPHERSON, author of Battle Cry of Freedom
About the Book
It is the third summer of the war, June 1863, and Robert Lee's Confederate Army slips across the Potomac to draw out the Union Army. Lee's army is 70,000 strong and has won nearly every battle it has fought. The Union Army is 80,000 strong and accustomed to defeat and retreat. Thus begins the Battle of Gettysburg, the four most bloody and courageous days of America's history. Two armies fight for two goals - one for freedom, the other for a way of life.
This is a classic, Pulitzer Prize-Winning, historical novel set during the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Author
Michael Shaara
Michael Shaara (1928-88) was an American writer of science, sports and historical fiction. He served in the Korean War, was an amateur boxer and police officer. He later taught literature at Florida State University. The Killer Angels won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975.
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