{"product_id":"clouds-of-glory-the-life-and-legend-of-robert-e-lee-paperback","title":"Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Korda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lively, approachable, and captivating. Like Lee himself, everything about Clouds of Glory is on a grand scale.\" --\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Korda, the acclaimed biographer of\u003cem\u003e Ulysses S. Grant \u003c\/em\u003eand the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eIke \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHero\u003c\/em\u003e, offers a brilliant, balanced, single-volume biography of Robert E. Lee, the first major study in a generation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKorda 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClouds of Glory\u003c\/em\u003e features dozens of stunning illustrations, some never before seen, including eight pages of color images, sixteen pages of black-and-white images, and nearly fifty battle maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eClouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Korda, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling biographer of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Grant, and T. E. 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClouds of Glory\u003c\/em\u003e features dozens of stunning illustrations, some never before seen, including eight pages of color, sixteen pages of black-and-white, and nearly fifty battle maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 848\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.88 x 8.8 x 5.79 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765514993952,"sku":"9780062116307","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8ce81150f5bfe6ab585e8e68a077d33b.webp?v=1780272336","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/clouds-of-glory-the-life-and-legend-of-robert-e-lee-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}