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  • Darkness at Chancellorsville

  • A Novel of Stonewall Jackson’s Triumph and Tragedy
  • By: Ralph Peters
  • Narrated by: Todd McLaren
  • Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)

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Darkness at Chancellorsville

By: Ralph Peters
Narrated by: Todd McLaren
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Ralph Peters's Darkness at Chancellorsville is a novel of one of the most dramatic battles in American history, from the New York Times best-selling, four-time Boyd Award-winning author of the Battle Hymn Cycle.

Centered upon one of the most surprising and dramatic battles in American history, Darkness at Chancellorsville recreates what began as a brilliant, triumphant campaign for the Union - only to end in disaster for the North. Famed Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson bring off an against-all-odds surprise victory, humiliating a Yankee force three times the size of their own, while the Northern army is torn by rivalries, anti-immigrant prejudice and selfish ambition.

This historically accurate epic captures the high drama, human complexity and existential threat that nearly tore the United States in two, featuring a broad range of fascinating-and real-characters, in blue and gray, who sum to an untold story about a battle that has attained mythic proportions. And, in the end, the Confederate triumph proved a Pyrrhic victory, since it lured Lee to embark on what would become the war's turning point - the Gettysburg Campaign (featured in Cain at Gettysburg).

©2019 Ralph Peters (P)2022 Tantor
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I have to admit that I was very grateful when Ralph Peters did not feel it necessary to go through the death of Jackson. I had bought the Audible book when it first came out but hesitated listening to it because I didn’t want to hear that part of the story again. Thank you Mr Peters. As all your books it was wonderfully done Todd McLaren is perfect in bringing these people to life. Please keep telling their story. And thank you also for not drowning your books in political correctness the death of many books by authors who live in fear of the guardians of those fantasy worlds.

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Very readable fast paced novel

Excellent book and narration. You know what happens but still hang onto to every word. Especially loved the vignettes of the different immigrant units of the Union Army who I was not much aware of. Highly recommended!

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