THE PAPERBACK EDITION OF THE SECRET TRIAL
OF ROBERT E. LEE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE FALL OF 2010
"Historian and best selling author
Thomas Fleming (The Officers' Wives, When This Cruel War Is Over) poses an
intriguing question in his latest historical novel. What if the victorious
Union had put Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on trial for treason? The civil
War ignited passions on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. Fleming imagines
what might have happened if a group of Radical Republicans led by Assistant
Secretary of War Charles A. Dana to arrange a secret trial of Lee. Fleming's
characters, both real and fictional, ring true. So does the dialogue. Readers
will enjoy this captivating account of what would have been the trial of the
century."
Publishers Weekly
GEORGE
WASHINGTON'S SECRET WAR HAS WON THE FRAUNCES TAVERN MUSEUM AWARD FOR 2006 FROM
THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
"A superb retelling of the story
of Valley Forge and its aftermath, demonstrating that reality is far more
compelling than myth. In addition this utterly readable book offers important
new insights into Washington's political sagacity as he struggled for leadership
of the Continental Army."
Gordon Wood
Professor of History, Brown University
"At last! The true history of Valley
Forge! Thomas Fleming's brilliant work strips the mythology from this critical
event in American history and exposes the profiteers, incompetents and enemies
of liberty who transformed an ordinary Valley Forge winter into a hell
unwarranted by weather or supply shortages. Mr. Fleming's penetrating portrait
of Washington reveals a gifted political as well as military leader, who turned
disaster into personal as well as national glory."
Harlow Unger, Author of The French War Against
America
"Majestic...A
chronicle of love-repressed, frustrated, lost, finally exploding...."
Frank McCourt, Publishers
Weekly
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