Border and Bastille : By the Author of 'Guy Livingstone'
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1108033296
ISBN-13
9781108033299
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 22nd, 2011
Print length
294 Pages
Weight
384 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 14.00 x 2.00 cms
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Lawrence's 1863 book describes his failure to join the Confederate army, but also gives an account of America during the Civil War. Racist and relativist, his work also reflects his background as a novelist, as he illustrates vividly the atmosphere and characters encountered in the United States.
Published in 1863, English novelist George Alfred Lawrence's first foray into travel-writing recounts a failed attempt to join the Confederate Army of Virginia. Lawrence (1827–76), who abandoned a law career when his first novel (1853) sold, became known for books that celebrated the brash, violent, aristocratic hero. Lawrence had joined the militia in England, and one critic has suggested that Lawrence's American expedition was his attempt to live as his most famous character, Guy Livingstone, and his attempt to write himself into heroism. In novelistic fashion his work describes his voyage from England to New York, his journey as far as Maryland, his capture by farmers, and his weeks in a Washington gaol. Lawrence embraced the Confederate cause and his work, often racist and relativist, expresses total faith in it.
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