Charles Royster: 4 books
by Charles Royster
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
In Light Horse Harry Lee, Charles Royster tells the story of a man whose career embodies the visionary promises that inspired the American Revolution, as well as the inability of the revolutionary generation to put all its ideals into practice.
The man is Henry Lee—soldier (nicknamed “Light-Horse...
The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company
A Story of George Washington's Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
From historian Charles Royster--winner of the Francis Parkman, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes--comes the history of one of eighteenth-century America's most fantastic land speculation deals: William Byrd's scheme to develop 900 square miles of swamp on the Virginia-North Carolina border and create fabulous...
A Revolutionary People At War
The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
In this highly acclaimed book, Charles Royster explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war. He ranges imaginatively outside the traditional techniques of analytical historical exposition to build his portrait of how individuals and a populace...
The Destructive War
William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
From the moment the Civil War began, partisans on both sides were calling not just for victory but for extermination. And both sides found leaders who would oblige. In this vivid and fearfully persuasive book, Charles Royster looks at William Tecumseh Sherman and Stonewall Jackson, the men who came...