Until the End - Couverture souple

Coyle, Harold

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0671854879 ISBN 13 : 9780671854874

Editeur : Pocket Books, 1996

Synopsis

This sequel to "Look Away" continues the story of the American Civil War. It follows the Bannon brothers from the bloody aftermath of Gettysburg to the final Union conquest of Richmond, capital of the Confederacy.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

James and Kevin Bannon, Brothers introduced in Look Away, continue to serve on opposing sides as the Civil War enters it third year, James with the 4th Virginia Infantry and Kevin commanding a company in the 4th New Jersey. From the dark and inconclusive days of the Mine Run Campaign in the Fall of 1863, through the terrible ‘Forty Days’ that took the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia from the Wilderness to the gates of Petersburg, the brothers soldier on. James, with Lee’s Army, watches as it slowly bleeds itself to death defending the state he has grown to love. Kevin, living with the realization his brother is serving in the army his nation is committed to destroy, is torn between a desperate search for James and his terrible duty as an officer, leading men he has grown to love into battles that claim their lives, one by one. While the Bannons deal with their struggles on and off the battlefield, the women they love are faced with their own desperate struggles. Mary Beth McPherson, amid the devastation that years of war have brought to Winchester, Virginia, strives to hold her surviving family together and somehow maintain their farm, all the while clinging to the hope the man she has grown to love will return. In the North, Harriet Shields, daughter of a prominent New Jersey judge, sets aside the duty and dignity of her social class and, with Kevin’s full support, ministers to the needs of the wounded under conditions that try her resolve, her stamina, and often, her own faith. As the war drags on, claiming more lives and crushing the sprits and hopes of those who endure it, James and Mary Beth, and Kevin and Harriet come to understand that even if they survive, the world they knew will never be regained, that their futures have become as uncertain as their own survival. Yet each resolves, for his and her own reason, to carry on as best they can, until the end. Powerful, moving, sometimes brutal, but always vivid and authentic, Until the End is a mastery novel of the Civil War and a superb conclusion to the saga begun in Look Away. Quote from W.E.B. Griffin on Until the End; “A superbly talented story teller, Harold Coyle brings to the battles of the past the same authenticity and dramatic impact that distinguishes his best selling contemporary war novels.” Quote from Tom Clancy; “The best natural story teller I know.” Quote from Stephen Coonts;“An epic from a gifted story teller about people caught up in the maelstrom of that extraordinary war that laid the foundations for modern America. Coyle puts you in the ranks with a musket in your hands and bullets whizzing around your ears.”

Biographie de l'auteur

Harold Coyle is the award-winning author of many bestselling novels, including SAVAGE WILDERNESS, THE TEN THOUSAND, TRIAL BY FIRE, CODE OF HONOUR, LOOK AWAY and UNTIL THE END. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pocket Books
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0671854879
• ISBN 13: 9780671854874
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible