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Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

By Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
Unabridged — 21 hours, 40 minutes
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By Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
Unabridged — 21 hours, 40 minutes
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Robert E. Lee is remembered by history as a tragic figure, stoic and brave but distant and enigmatic. Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, his beliefs, and his time, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and contradictory general's life story. Explained for the first time in the context of the young United States's tumultuous societal developments, Lee's actions reveal a man forc...