<span><span>On July 3, 1863, the massed armies of North and South met in fury near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. When silence fell, more than 22,000 Southern boys lay dead or wounded and their enemy stood unvanquished. It was General Robert E. Lee’s worst defeat; the beginning of the end for the Rebel cause. Powerfully authentic and thought-provoking, this venture into speculative history imagines Lee defending his decisions against a hostile Confederate Congress and reliving his famous campaigns. Here, amid blood, smoke, and flying steel, the great figures of the war come to life—most of all Lee himself, the reluctant heir overcome by crushing responsibility.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>