The Bloody Ground by Cornwell, Bernard - 1997

Harper Collins, London. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 424 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Harper Collins, London. First Paperback Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Minor edgewear and creasing to covers. Reading creases to spine. Previous owner's signature in ink. Minor spine lean. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Nate Starbuck, a renegade Bostonian who has become a Confederate officer, serves under Stonewall Jackson in that desperate summer. He distinguishes himself at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, but afterward his career is jeopardized through the suspicion and hostility of his brigade commander, the grandiose General Washington Faulconer. This hostility is scarcely diluted by the dubious friendship of Colonel Swynyard, a reformed drunk whose Christian faith seems a frail weapon with which to oppose his many temptations. The situation comes to a climax at Dead Mary's Ford, an unguarded crossing of the Rapidan River where Nate Starbuck has to fight the… Read More

London: Harper Collins, 1997 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased); pp. [viii (last blank)], 422, with a map. A very good copy. The fourth and concluding novel in the Starbuck Chronicles.. Reprint. Soft Cover. VG+.