Border and Bastille : By the Author of 'Guy Livingstone'

Name: Border and Bastille
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108033299
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ISBN: 9781108033299

by George Alfred Lawrence

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Library Collection - North American History

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

Product Classification: History of the Americas Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 History History of the Americas

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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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