The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion

by Stephen B. Oates Narrated by Ryan Vincent Anderson

Overview

“A penetrating reconstruction of the most disturbing and crucial slave uprising in America's history.” -New York Times

The definitive account of the most infamous slave rebellion in history and the aftermath that brought America one step closer to civil war-newly reissued to include the text of the original 1831 court document ""The Confessions of Nat Turner""

The fierce slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831 and the savage reprisals that followed shattered beyond repair the myth of the contented slave and the benign master, and intensified the forces of change that would plunge America into the bloodbath of the Civil War. Stephen B. Oates, the celebrated biographer of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr., presents a gripping and insightful narrative of the rebellion-the complex, gifted, and driven man who led it, the social conditions that produced it, and the legacy it left.*

A classic, here is the dramatic re-creation of the turbulent period that marked a crucial turning point in America's history.

Editorial Reviews

Fawn Brodie

A much needed correction to historical fantasies. . . Grounded in the facts and excellently documented, this volume is essential for student of slavery and the history of violence in America.

New York Times

"A penetrating reconstruction of the most disturbing and crucial slave uprising in America's history. . . . A vivid and excellent narrative account.

From the Publisher

A vivid and excellent narrative account.” — New York Times

“Oates writes in a vivid...fashion constructing a meaningful historical context.” — Library Journal

“A vivid and convincing re-creation of the rebellion’s black and white violence, breathing life into chilling scenes of mayhem, against a background of slave reality and slave-holding mentality.” — Publishers Weekly

“A much needed correction to historical fantasies. . . . Grounded in the facts and excellently documented, this volume is essential for students of slavery and of the history of violence in America.” — FAWN BRODIE, author of Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History

“A penetrating, moving, gripping, eminently successful and readable account of an important event in American history!” — Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

A penetrating, moving, gripping, eminently successful and readable account of an important event in American history!

FAWN BRODIE

A much needed correction to historical fantasies. . . . Grounded in the facts and excellently documented, this volume is essential for students of slavery and of the history of violence in America.

OCT/NOV 98 - AudioFile

Nat Turner is an American enigma. Was he a saint? A visionary? Were those visions authentic? How could he have come from the mild Virginia Tidewater society of 1831? Oates answers these questions and more in his vivid portrait of Turner, the slave society that nurtured him and the changes wrought in that society because of him. Reader John McDonough adopts a scholarly, but highly engaged, tone that is patient, thorough and deliberate. At the same time, his voice is resonant with the mystery he’s exploring. Its burry roughness holds the listener and creates an intimacy that matches the author’s own familiar tone and takes all the difficulty out of doing history. P.E.F. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172890819
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	06/22/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	1,179,803

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