
Clouds of Glory
The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee
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Michael Korda
In Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee, Michael Korda, the New York Times best-selling biographer of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Grant, and T. E. Lawrence, has written the first major biography of Lee in nearly 20 years, bringing to life America's greatest and most iconic hero. Korda paints a vivid and admiring portrait of Lee as a general and a devoted family man who, though he disliked slavery and was not in favor of secession, turned down command of the Union army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his own children, his neighbors, and his beloved Virginia. He was surely America's preeminent military leader, as calm, dignified, and commanding a presence in defeat as he was in victory. Lee's reputation has only grown in the 150 years since the Civil War, and Korda covers in groundbreaking detail all of Lee's battles and traces the making of a great man's undeniable reputation on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line, positioning him finally as the symbolic martyr-hero of the Southern Cause.
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GREAT… except for
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Nice to meet you Mr R.E. Lee
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good book
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excellent
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Informative but repetitive
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Masterly written epic covering every emotion
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However, if you want the facts about Lee, this is a great book. Lee is an amazing character that held the charm of the entire country (North and South) even after the war. Although he was never given back his citizenship, the country honored him. And in the end, he gets lot of the credit for the war not becoming a really long guerrilla affair.
Well written and researched, Korda has done a great job with this biography.
History is Interesting - Author can get distracted
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great read for civil war enthusiasts
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Another great story
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Please continue to write more great books like this one - if practicable.
Chancellorsvilledly good book.
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