A Chain of Thunder - A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg

Zusatztext Praise for A Chain of Thunder   “[Jeff] Shaara continues to draw powerful novels from the bloody history of the Civil War. . . . The dialogue intrigues. Shaara aptly reveals the main actors: Grant! stoic! driven! not given to micromanagement; Sherman! anxious! high-strung! engaged even when doubting Grant’s strategy. . . . Worth a Civil War buff’s attention.” — Kirkus Reviews   “Searing . . . Shaara seamlessly interweaves multiple points of view! as the plot is driven by a stellar cast of real-life and fictional characters coping with the pivotal crisis. . . . [A] riveting fictional narrative.” — Booklist “Shaara’s historical accuracy is faultless! and he tells a good story. . . . The voices of these people come across to the reader as poignantly as they did 150 years ago.” —Historical Novels Review “The writing is picturesque and vibrant. . . . [an] engrossing tale.” —Bookreporter Informationen zum Autor Jeff Shaara  is the  New York Times  bestselling author of  A Chain of Thunder,   A Blaze of Glory,   The Final Storm, No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, To the Last Man, The Glorious Cause, Rise to Rebellion,  and  Gone for Soldiers,  as well as  Gods and Generals  and  The Last Full Measure —two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic,  The Killer Angels . Shaara was born into a family of Italian immigrants in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, and graduated from Florida State University. He lives in Gettysburg. Klappentext Continuing the trilogy that began with "A Blaze of Glory!" "New York Times"-bestselling author Shaara returns to chronicle another chapter in America's Civil War. The action shifts to the fortress city of Vicksburg! Mississippi! where a siege for the ages will cement the reputation of one Union general--and all but seal the fate of the rebel cause. VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI APRIL 16, 1863   The ball was a glorious affair, the Confederate officers in their finest gray, adorned with plumed hats and sashes at their waists. There was dancing and a feast of every kind of local fare, even the wine flowing with no one’s disapproval. By ten o’clock, most of the older citizens had retired, the senior officers gone as well, offering the reasonable excuse that there were duties to perform, an early morning that would come too soon. Those who remained were the young and the unmarried, no one among them objecting to that. The music continued, more lively now, the quartet of violinists respecting the youth in the room, waltzes that brought the officers closer to the young women, hands extended, those girls who had caught the eye, whose furtive glances spoke of flirtation, the daring willingness to accept the invitation of a young man who had the courage or the skills to lead a dance.   As the night wore on, and the matrons drifted away, Lucy had allowed herself a single dance, had caught a beaming smile from a young lieutenant, one of the Louisiana regiments. She knew nothing of a soldier’s life, what authority he carried, but the face was handsome, a firm jaw and bright blue eyes, clean-shaven, the young man’s hand extended toward her with smiling optimism, hinting of hope. She knew he had been watching her for most of the evening, and she had smiled at him once, was immediately embarrassed by that, quick glances to be certain that none of the others noticed. But now, as the energy of the ball rose with the youthfulness of those who remained, so too did her courage. And, apparently, his.   The waltz they danced to had been familiar, the violins doing admirable service with a pleasing rhythm that seemed to intoxicate her, the young officer admirably graceful. The couple was one...

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Shaara, Shaara Jeff
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2013
• EAN: 9780345527387
• ISBN: 978-0-345-52738-7
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 242 mm x 46 mm
• Series: Civil War in the West; The Civil War in the West
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature