| The American Civil War Through British Eyes: Dispatches from British Diplomats, Volume 3: February 1863-December 1865 Contributor(s): Barnes, James (Author), Barnes, Patience (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873388313 ISBN-13: 9780873388313 Publisher: Kent State University Press OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: The dispatches from Lord Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons. Second Baron, British Envoy Extraordinary in Washington, D. C., during the Civil War offer insight into contemporaneous Anglo-American relations. The three-and-a-half-year period covered in these two volumes witnessed the fierce and deadly battles of the war fought both in the North and in the South, the sifting moods of public opinion and patriotic fervor, the changing economic conditions, and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The three volumes of "The American Civil War through British Eyes make available important, previously unpublished documents that fill a void for students and scholars of the war. Lyon's dispatches offer a unique perspective on America during its bitterest test of national unity. Through them the Civil War unfolds not in retrospect but through the eyes of a contemporary observer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 973.7 |
| LCCN: 2003044727 |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 5.88" W x 8.54" (1.32 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - British Isles - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The dispatches from Lord Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, Second Baron, British Envoy Extraordinary in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War offer insight into contemporaneous Anglo-American relations. The five-year period covered in these three volumes witnessed the fierce and deadly battles of the war fought both in the North and in the South, the shifting moods of public opinion and patriotic fervor, the changing economic conditions, and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The three volumes of The American Civil War through British Eyes make available important, previously unpublished documents that fill a void for students and scholars of the war. Lyon's dispatches offer a unique perspective on America during its bitterest test of national unity. Through them the Civil War unfolds not in retrospect but through the eyes of a contemporary observer. |