by Amanda Foreman · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141040585
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«A World on Fire» is a historical essay by Amanda Foreman, published by Penguin in paperback (1072 pages, in English).
The work examines the relationship between Britain and the US during the Civil War, when British loyalties were divided between the abolitionist North and the South. Drawing on unpublished letters and diaries, Foreman reconstructs the diplomatic tensions and the experiences of Britons who fought, spied, and worked as nurses or correspondents on both sides of the conflict.
Paperback edition from Penguin Books (2011), 1072 pages in English. Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award and nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Lionel Gelber Prize.
For readers interested in nineteenth-century history, the American Civil War, international diplomacy, and historical narratives based on epistolary sources.
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.
