NF A World on Fire

[major bill]

Last night at the Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table I bought raffle tickets and won a book Amanda Forman's A World on Fire as well as three Confederate officer figurines. The book is about Britain's role in the Civil War. Should I put the book on my "to read" shelf, keep the book or donate it?

Book is a World on Fire.

 

[huskerblitz]

Last night at the Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table I bought raffle tickets and won a book Amanda Forman's A World on Fire as well as three Confederate officer figurines. The book is about Britain's role in the Civil War. Should I put the book on my "to read" shelf, keep the book or donate it?

Read it. I just finished it about a month ago (my version was audio). Really opened my eyes to the extent of the British and American and Confederate interactions through the war. I liked enjoyed it.

 

[major bill]

Read it. I just finished it about a month ago (my version was audio). Really opened my eyes to the extent of the British and American and Confederate interactions through the war. I liked enjoyed it.

The book is over 900 pages and wold take me a while to read.

 

[huskerblitz]

The book is over 900 pages and wold take me a while to read.

Indeed. I listened to it while I drifted off to sleep or when I had longer drives. It took awhile. But it turned out to be one of the better CW books I got while I was on Audible.

 

[Pat Young]

I liked it.

 

[major bill]

Well I had my choice of 8 books, some wall maps and some sets of Civil War figurines and had not heard of this book. I gave some thought of giving the winning ticket to someone else and let them take a book. I mean my book shelves are all full and my to read book shelf is about to turn into a two shelf affair.

 

[jgoodguy]

Good read, especially before bedtime.

 

[major bill]

Well perhaps I should read this book, it has some impressive supporter her on the forum.

 

[huskerblitz]

Foreman does get a bit tedious on some details, but she follows a number of key individuals and if stay with it, it will pay off. A lot of good information on Britain's role in the war, both on the American side and what was happening on the other side of the Atlantic. Yeah, it's a daunting book but again it provided good information. It's well worth it. Granted I have not read other accounts of Britain's role and this was my first book that delved into this aspect of the war but I thought it did a good job overall.

 

[mobile_96]

Excellent book. Read a chapter a wk if you have to. Although reviewers have pointed out a few issues with the book it is extremely helpful in viewing the British role in the war. Covers the efforts of British consuls in the U.S. to aid British subjects caught up in the Confederate draft, or kidnapped by Yankee recruiters and sold into the army, a topic almost never found in the history books.

 

[huskerblitz]

Excellent book. Read a chapter a wk if you have to. Although reviewers have pointed out a few issues with the book it is extremely helpful in viewing the British role in the war. Covers the efforts of British consuls in the U.S. to aid British subjects caught up in the Confederate draft, or kidnapped by Yankee recruiters and sold into the army, a topic almost never found in the history books.

Excellent point. I believe this is towards the end of the book but yes, I was pretty much unaware of this happening during the war. It tracks I think a couple of different individuals during that whole affair.

 

[Sid J.]

It's very good overall. Really strong if you are looking for British perspectives and the activities of the US and CS agents overseas. Where it is weak is when describing the progress of the war on land back in the States.

 

[Sid J.]

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https://civilwartalk.com/threads/a-...il-war-now-1-99-on-kindle.101341/#post-937694