The Day After Gettysburg
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Publisher Description
LEE STRIKES BACK!
After a terrible setback at Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee does not retreat across the Potomac and his ultimate surrender at Appomattox. Instead, he turns the tables on Union General George Meade with a vicious counterattack that sets the Union Army on its heels.
While Lee sets across Pennsylvania in a dazzling war of maneuver, a crazed actor closes in on President Abraham Lincoln. Standing in his way is Major Steve Thorne, a thoughtful lawyer-turned-soldier fighting for the Union and his own self-respect, and Cassandra Baird, a young woman whose courage is only surpassed by her determination to teach emancipated slaves to read and write, and so ensure their freedom.
Opposing them is Colonel Corey Wade, a brave Confederate officer who is just as determined to fight to the death for his honor and that of his state. And, in the end, the fate of a nation may come down to a freed slave named Hadrian, a man with an iron resolve never to return to bondage.
The time has come to strike a blow for liberty—or go down swinging!
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Conroy's death in 2014 left many fans of alternate history grieving. Fortunately he left behind unfinished work, including this Civil War novel, expertly completed by novelist and military historian Dunn. The day after the horrific battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee decides that the Union army under Gen. George Meade is as battered as the Confederates, if not more, and he attacks the hesitant Meade instead of fleeing across the Potomac River. The surprising and bloody result reinserts the Southerners deep into Pennsylvania, to the state's suffering, along with inspiring John Wilkes Booth to craft a somewhat different plot against President Lincoln, two years early. As always, Conroy's work effectively focuses on those with boots on the ground, revealing snippets of grand strategy and confusion through the eyes of historical luminaries such as Lee and Lincoln. The novel too strictly follows Conroy's usual formulas, including a romance between the hero and an affluent heroine, but fans will be pleased that Dunn's work also matches Conroy's high standards for writing style, solid plotting, and frenetic battle scenes. Agent (for Conroy): Eleanor Wood, Spectrum Literary.
