Bloody Ground: The Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles: Book Four Contributor(s): Cornwell, Bernard (Author) |
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ISBN: 006093719X ISBN-13: 9780060937195 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: In this fourth, final, and rousing installment of Nathaniel Starbuck's Civil War adventures, Nate is given command of a punishment battalion: a motley collection of cowards, thieves, deserters, and murderers. Setting off to Join General Robert E. Lee's army, Starbuck's men reach Harper's Ferry in time to take part in Stonewall Jackson's capture of the Union garrison. From there, the regiment moves on to the legendary horror of Sharpsburg, beside the Antietam Creek, forever to be remembered as the bloodiest single day of the war. There, Starbuck and his troop will have their courage and commitment tested as never before. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2001021408 |
Series: Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.54" W x 7.94" (0.62 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - Maryland - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, comes the fourth installment in The Starbuck Chronicles, an exciting novel which vividly captures the horror of the battle field. It is late summer 1862 and the Confederacy is invading the United States of America. Nate Starbuck, a northern preacher's son fighting for the rebel South, is given command of a punishment battalion - a despised unit of shirkers and cowards. His enemies expect it to be his downfall, as Starbuck must lead this ramshackle unit into a battle that will prove to be the bloodiest of the Civil War. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cornwell, Bernard: - BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales series, which includes The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, Sword Song, The Burning Land, Death of Kings, The Pagan Lord, and, most recently, The Empty Throne and Warriors of the Storm, and which serves as the basis for the hit television series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina. |