Civil War Fiction

The young Mary Cassatt never thought moving to Paris after the Civil War to be an artist was going to be easy, but when, after a decade of work, her submission to the Paris Salon is rejected, Mary’s fierce determination wavers.

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Die Führung der Konföderierten ist nervös: Mit einem so plötzlichen, vernichtenden Schlag des Unionsmilitärs hat niemand gerechnet. Können die Rebellen genügend Kräfte bündeln, um den Angriff abzuwehren? Bordingenieur Hobie macht einen verzweifelten Vorschlag: eine Verbrüderung mit den Peko! Die Union ist ein gemeinsamer Feind - und die Crew der Mary-Jane hat mit Sekoya eine Vermittlerin an Bord. Doch es gibt nur einen Weg, ein Bündnis mit den Peko zu schmieden - und der führt tief in feindliches Territorium... Von "Star Trek"-Autor Bernd Perplies alias Wes Andrews: Das actionreiche Bürgerkriegsepos des SF-Western-Crossovers als digitale Serie!

Es herrscht Bürgerkrieg in der Galaxis, und John Donovan und seine Crew stecken mittendrin. Bei der Befreiung eines alten Frontiersman-Kollegen erhalten sie Pläne für einen neuen Auftrag: Die mächtige Weltraum-Festung Fort Hope unterjocht einen Sektor der Randwelten-Konföderation. Ein Frontalangriff kommt nicht in Frage - und es gibt nur eine Alternative: Infiltration. Nicht nur John hat ein ganz schlechtes Gefühl bei der Sache. Doch wer sonst könnte diesen Job erledigen? Von "Star Trek"-Autor Bernd Perplies alias Wes Andrews.

An den Grenzen der bekannten Galaxie geht es rau zu: Seit Jahrzehnten beuten die Konzerne der Kernwelten-Union die Randwelten aus. Eine Revolte auf der Bergbaukolonie Higgins' Moon ist der Funke, der das Pulverfass entzündet... und ein einziges Wort entfaltet seine verheerende Sprengkraft: Bürgerkrieg! Mittendrin: John Donovan, Frontiersman - einer jener furchtlosen Frachterkapitäne, die ihren nicht immer ganz legalen Geschäften dort nachgehen, wo der Weltraum noch frei und wild ist.

Rob Finn is joined by William Cody and Lonnie Walters as they begin their journey into the gold country of the west in 1862. Rob meets desperate and unscrupulous men such as Henry Plummer, as well as gentle and generous natives who heal and help the strangers in their land. We learn that the treasures of the earth are sought by greedy men on both sides of the Civil War, while lasting friendships are the goal of and reward for precious few hearty souls.

Abdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish, conveyed to his youngest son, Bolbol, is to be buried in the family plot in their ancestral village of Anabiya. Though Abdel was hardly an ideal father, and though Bolbol is estranged from his siblings, this conscientious son persuades his older brother Hussein and his sister Fatima to accompany him and the body to Anabiya, which is - after all - only a two-hour drive from Damascus. There's only one problem: Their country is a war zone.

Well past his prime, Robert Fallon now fights the battles of politics to save the country he cherishes from civil war. It is 1832, and the high tariffs that protect northern industry are crippling the South. President Andrew Jackson thinks force is the answer to the South's threats of secession. Robert must pay a final-hour visit to Washington, as an appeal to Jackson and Congress to pass a compromise tariff before the country is torn apart.

A reckless wager between a tennis pro with a fading career and a drunken party guest - the stakes are an antique motorcycle and an heiress's diamond necklace - launches a narrative odyssey that braids together three centuries of aspiration and adversity. In The Maze at Windermere Gregory Blake Smith weaves these intersecting worlds into a brilliant tapestry, charting a voyage across the ages into the maze of the human heart.

Her secret mission. A country divided. His impossible love. Henrietta Wright is a Free Colored woman who teaches reading and writing to anyone who enters her classroom. At least she was, until a drunken night with friends catapults her down a path of intrigue, coded messages, and intelligence operations. All in service of the Union Army. She can’t tell anyone what she’s doing, including the handsome Irishman she knows she shouldn’t want, but can’t seem to resist.

Tracing the historic arc of Abraham Lincoln's life from his picaresque days as a gangly young man in Sangamon County, Illinois, through his improbable marriage to Kentucky belle Mary Todd, to his 1865 visit to war-shattered Richmond only days before his assassination, I Am Abraham hews to the familiar Lincoln saga, seamlessly braiding Lincoln family members and military figures with a parade of fictional extras - wise-cracking knaves, conniving hangers-on, patriotic whores, and dying soldiers.

During the Civil War, two young soldiers on opposite sides find themselves drawn together. One is a war-weary scholarly Southerner who has seen too much bloodshed, especially the tortures inflicted upon the enemy by his vicious commanding officer. The other is a Herculean Yankee captured by the rag-tag Confederate band. When these two find themselves admiring more than each other's spirit and demeanor, when passions erupt between captor and captive, will this new romance survive the arduous trek to Purgatory Mountain?

Now comes a story of one of American history's most controversial and tragic events, the Civil War. For Twenty Dollars in Gold is such a story told from the view of a man and his family, all conflicted by circumstances created by others for causes they did not share, all for a war they did not seek.

Three Brothers from Virginia tells the tale of Matt and his two enslaved brothers, Paul and Luke, who thrive upon their insulated Virginia farm until the Civil War forces them to stare into the face of a reality they so long eluded. As Paul flees to New York, Matt joins the Confederate army, and Luke remains a slave, the brothers are thrown into sweeping battles, riots, and a cloud of enmity, their values and lives tested by a festering intolerance that threatens the only truth they ever knew.

The Civil War tore at the very roots of our nation and destroyed most of a generation. In rural Arkansas, the Hancocks were devastated by that war. They not only lost everything, but experienced an unimaginable hell. How does a traumatized human being put themselves back together? Where does a person begin to heal his or her broken mind…and does one choose damnation or redemption? For the Hancock siblings: Doc, Sarah, Butler, and Billy, the American frontier becomes a metaphor for the wilderness within—raw, and capable of being shaped.

Jed Whittington was 16 years old when the Civil War broke out. He was tired of his boring existence on his family farm, the war gave Jed the opportunity to leave home and fight for the Union. Follow Jed as he finds himself as a man through love, anger, loss, and pain.

Showdown bei Alamo Der Angriff der Union naht... und die Verzweiflung bei den Konföderierten nimmt zu. Das Sonnensystem Alamo ist zum Symbol des Widerstands geworden. Undenkbar, es aufzugeben. Unmöglich, es zu verteidigen. Die ersten Widerständler fliehen, während John und seine Crew fieberhaft nach schlagkräftigen Verbündeten suchen. Da tauchen die ersten Schiffe der Union im Transitfeld auf - und der Untergang der Randwelten-Konföderation scheint besiegelt.

Aufregung und Misstrauen bei den Konföderierten: Die Tochter eines Admirals der Unionsflotte weilt unter ihnen! Ist sie eine Verräterin? Um das Gegenteil zu beweisen, soll sie sich in einer Undercover-Mission in die Höhle des Löwen begeben. Und niemand anderes als Captain John Donovan wird sich als ihr Verlobter ausgeben. Gemeinsam reisen sie zur Unionsbasis auf dem Mond West Point - und entdecken einen Plan, der das Aus für die Konföderation bedeuten würde. Von "Star Trek"-Autor Bernd Perplies alias Wes Andrews: Das actionreiche Bürgerkriegsepos des SF-Western-Crossovers als digitale Serie!