{"product_id":"a-fatal-mercy-the-man-who-lost-the-civil-war-paperback","title":"A Fatal Mercy: The Man Who Lost the Civil War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA FATAL MERCY\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the American War of Secession and its aftermath. Drayton FitzHenry is the son of a prominent South Carolina planter. He opposes secession but joins his brothers in the Confederate Army in defense of his state. During the war's decisive battle at Gettysburg, Drayton commits an act of mercy toward a Union officer which he later discovers probably caused the South to lose the battle. By his act of mercy, he is literally \"the man who lost the Civil War.\"\u003cbr\u003eDrayton wrestles with guilt and self-reproach for half a century until he travels to Gettysburg in 1913 when 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans returned to the battlefield for a time of national reconciliation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e A Fatal Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e was Long-Listed for the 2017 British Bridport Prize for Fiction. The first chapter was a winner in the \"Chapter One Contest\" of the West Cork (Ireland) Literary Festival. \u003cbr\u003e ______________________________\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Fatal Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping novel of conscience with all the grandeur of \u003ci\u003e Gone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and all the gravitas of \u003ci\u003e War and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Mary Morissy, Professor, novelist, winner of a Hennessy Award, Lannan Literary Foundation Award, and a member of the Aosdana, the association of Ireland's leading writers. \u003cbr\u003e ______________________________\u003cbr\u003eThomas Moore brings 25 years' experience in Washington, DC in national defense, foreign policy, and international trade to his writing of fiction. He is the author of two previous historical novels, \u003ci\u003e The Hunt for Confederate Gold\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e No Villains, No Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of The Citadel, he earned an MA in National Security Affairs from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He attended University College Cork, Ireland, where he earned an MA in History of the Irish Revolution and an MA in Creative Writing, both with First Class Honours. Thomas and his wife Rhonda live in Aiken, SC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 454\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51796099858720,"sku":"9781947660199","price":30.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/73bffc135befa947dd78f6c7426f8e00.webp?v=1780750506","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-fatal-mercy-the-man-who-lost-the-civil-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}