Sentences with phrase «liked confederacy»

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The basics: Written and directed by Gary Ross («The Hunger Games»), this fact - based Civil War drama tells the story of Newton Knight, a disillusioned Confederate Army deserter who, with the help of escaped slaves and like - minded Southern farmers, rises up against the Confederacy.

Based on real personalities like Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy's Jewish Secretary of State and spymaster, and on historical facts and events ranging from an African - American spy network to the dramatic self - destruction of the city of Richmond, All Other Nights is a gripping and suspenseful story of men and women driven to the extreme limits of loyalty and betrayal.

Liar Temptress Soldier Spy By Karen Abbott Harper Perennial • $ 16.99 • ISBN 9780062092908 In a history book that reads like a suspense novel, Abbott portrays four women who operated as spies during the Civil War — two for the Union and two for the Confederacy.

Bowie's list also featured famed novels like George Orwell's 1984, Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Anthony Burgess» A Clockwork Orange and John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces and music books like Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm And Blues And The Southern Dream Of Freedom and a collection of John Cage lectures and writings.

A crushing blow that brings an end to the war — like General Sherman's march of destruction through the Confederacy in 1864 - 65 — is ultimately kinder even to the vanquished than an endless state of desultory war.