{"product_id":"9780312309381","title":"Grant Comes East : A Novel of the Civil War","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGrant Comes East\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrant Comes East \u003c\/i\u003efrom bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen continues the story of a Confederate victory, examining the great \"what if\" of American history: Could Lee have won the Battle of Gettysburg? A Confederate victory, however, would not necessarily mean that the Southern cause has gained its final triumph and a lasting peace. It is from this departure point that the story continues in \u003ci\u003eGrant Comes East\u003c\/i\u003e, as General Robert E. Lee's marches on Washington, D.C., and launches an assault against one of the largest fortifications in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond a military victory in the field, Lee must also overcome the defiant stand of President Abraham Lincoln, who vows that regardless of the defeat at Gettysburg, his solemn pledge to preserve the Union will be honored at all cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the same time, Lincoln has appointed General Ulysses S. Grant as commander of all Union forces. Grant, fresh from his triumph at Vicksburg, races east, bringing with him his hardened veterans from Mississippi to confront Lee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat ensues across the next six weeks is a titanic struggle as the surviving Union forces inside the fortifications of Washington fight to hang on, while Grant prepares his counterblow. Spanning the ground from Washington to the banks of the Susquehanna, these factors will come together in a climatic, pivotal struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ulysses S. Grant is one of my Civil War favorites. I sat down on a weekend morning to read this book and, by night, I was still at it to the last page. Couldn't put it down. This is a very readable story of how President Abraham Lincoln finally put Grant in charge and changed the course of history.” —Liz Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gingrich and Forstchen have produced a very readable entry into the literature of speculative history.  It will be interesting, perhaps even thrilling, to see how the military strategy and political maneuvering plays out in the next installment.” —\u003ci\u003eCivil War Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With each book in their ongoing alternate history cycle, Gingrich and Forstchen have gone from strength to strength as storytellers. Unabashedly, this is a work of popular historical fiction; it aspires to entertain, first and foremost, but it has passages of genuine depth and poetry which elevate it above many other specimens of its peculiar sub-genre.” —\u003ci\u003eWilliam Trotter, The Charlotte Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gingrich and Forstchen portray icons like Grant and Lee as very real humans, beset with very real problems demanding decisions...  This second volume is every bit as good as the first.” —\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exciting alternative history of the Civil War. Character depictions are vivid, detailed, and insightful. One of the best novels of the Civil War to appear in recent years.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A good yarn. The authors provide apt historically plausible detail to give substance to the premise. Colorful and imaginative historical fiction.” —\u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What the authors come up with is as rivetingly plausible as what they devised in the previous novel. Notably original.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Gingrich and Forstchen 'what-if' take on the Civil War gathers some steam. The battle scenes continue war-lovingly rendered.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312309381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40656583983310,"sku":"9780312309381","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312309381","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}