The Last Full Measure: A Novel of the Civil War (Unabridged) The Last Full Measure: A Novel of the Civil War (Unabridged)
Audiobook 3 - Civil War Trilogy

The Last Full Measure: A Novel of the Civil War (Unabridged‪)‬

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In the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time, an enduring bestseller that has sold more than two million copies. In the bestselling Gods and Generals, Shaara's son, Jeff, brilliantly sustained his father's vision, telling the epic story of the events culminating in the Battle of Gettysburg. Now, Jeff Shaara brings this legendary father-son trilogy to its stunning conclusion in a novel that brings to life the final two years of the Civil War.

As The Last Full Measure opens, Gettysburg is past and the war advances to its third brutal year. On the Union side, the gulf between the politicians in Washington and the generals in the field yawns ever wider. Never has the cumbersome Union Army so desperately needed a decisive, hard-nosed leader. It is at this critical moment that Lincoln places Ulysses S. Grant in command--and turns the tide of war.

For Robert E. Lee, Gettysburg was an unspeakable disaster--compounded by the shattering loss of the fiery Stonewall Jackson two months before. Lee knows better than anyone that the South cannot survive a war of attrition. But with the total devotion of his generals--Longstreet, Hill, Stuart--and his unswerving faith in God, Lee is determined to fight to the bitter end.

Here too is Joshua Chamberlain, the college professor who emerged as the Union hero of Gettysburg--and who will rise to become one of the greatest figures of the Civil War.

Battle by staggering battle, Shaara dramatizes the escalating confrontation between Lee and Grant--complicated, heroic, deeply troubled men. From the costly Battle of the Wilderness to the agonizing siege of Petersburg to Lee's epoch-making surrender at Appomattox, Shaara portrays the riveting conclusion of the Civil War through the minds and hearts of the individuals who gave their last full measure.

Full of human passion and the spellbinding truth of history, The Last Full Measure is the fitting capstone to a magnificent literary trilogy.

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
MB
Mark Bramhall
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
26:42
hr min
RELEASED
2020
June 9
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
1.7
GB

Customer Reviews

Lord Memnon ,

Great Read for Civil War Enthusiasts

The author finishes the series and includes multiple perspectives on the last years of the American civil war. It keeps you attention and opens you eyes to the past, making you feel like you are there with the historical figures.

TASM2012 ,

A masterpiece.

The detail, love and attention to history and the memoirs of the individuals is worth the read.

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Other Books in This Series

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