This is a novel by James Lee Burke. From a brief of his works, i found that he is known for his detective series called Dave Robicheaux series.
This falls outside his regular genre.
It was a nice book. Good reading. Nice to read at a leisurely pace. It takes us through the lives of 4 people (Willie Burke, Robert Perry, Abigail Downing & Flower Jamison) through the civil war in the 1860s. It shows how the war impacted different people differently. It captures the sounds, sights & smell of the time, place, nature and history as it happens.
Good for history buffs. I feel there is a class of people who like reading about people, events and life .. the way it changes over a period of time.. over a lifetime or several lifetimes.. its like seeing my life and that of my ancestors & successors in fast forward.. :).. I seem to fall in that class..
This was a good read.
This falls outside his regular genre.
It was a nice book. Good reading. Nice to read at a leisurely pace. It takes us through the lives of 4 people (Willie Burke, Robert Perry, Abigail Downing & Flower Jamison) through the civil war in the 1860s. It shows how the war impacted different people differently. It captures the sounds, sights & smell of the time, place, nature and history as it happens.
Good for history buffs. I feel there is a class of people who like reading about people, events and life .. the way it changes over a period of time.. over a lifetime or several lifetimes.. its like seeing my life and that of my ancestors & successors in fast forward.. :).. I seem to fall in that class..
This was a good read.
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