by Amanda Foreman · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780375756962
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«A World on Fire» is the historical essay by Amanda Foreman, published by Random House Trade Paperbacks in paperback (1008 pages, in English).
Between 1861 and 1865, thousands of Britons served on both sides of the American Civil War as officers, sailors, nurses, spies, or smugglers. Drawing on letters, diaries, and personal chronicles, Foreman links the politics of London and Washington with portraits of humble figures on battlefronts, in prisons, and in cities, culminating in the country's reunification.
The essay won the Fletcher Pratt Award and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lionel Gelber Prize, and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.
For readers interested in military history and the American Civil War, with a narrative built from personal sources.
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Amanda Lucy Foreman is a British-American biographer and historian. Her books include Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, and the forthcoming The World Made by Women. She also wrote and starred in a four-part documentary regarding the role of women in society, entitled The Ascent of Woman. Foreman's column for The Wall Street Journal bi-weekly 'Historically Speaking' ran for over ten years. She is also a CBS News royal contributor.
