A WORLD ON FIRE; Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War
New York: Random House, 2010. Maps, plates, illustrations. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over matching black cloth;profusely illustrated with period illustrations, plates, maps; archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (uncllipped); 958 pages + [2] About the Author. Weight: 3 lbs. 5 oz. Fine / Near Fine. Item #8231
ISBN: 9780375504945
Amanda Lucy Foreman (born 1968) is a British/American biographer and historian. Her books include Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, A WORLD ON FIRE (Penguin), and The World Made by Women.
Adam I.P. Smith of History Today said, "Amanda Foreman's magnificent new book . . . resembles nothing so much as War and Peace."
In 2012, A World on Fire won the Fletcher Pratt Award for excellence in Civil War history writing. It was a finalist for the 2012 Lincoln Prize, the Lionel Gelber Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was also nominated for the Jefferson Davis Prize.
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Price: $30.00