"Portrait of Lee as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his beloved Virginia. Well-rounded and reali…
New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's fresh, contemporary single volume historical biography of General Robert E. Lee, perhaps the most famous and least a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused …
In Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee, Michael Korda, the New York Times bestselling biographer of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Grant, and T.E. Lawrence, has written the first major biography of Lee in nearly twenty years, bringing to life America's greate…
"[P]ortrait of Lee as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his beloved Virginia. Well-rounded and rea…
"Portrait of Lee as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his beloved Virginia. Well-rounded and reali…
Looks at the history of the Army of Northern Virginia from when Robert E. Lee took command in 1862 until the battle of Gettysburg thirteen months later, considering the reasons for its success during this period, and for its eventual defeat.