At the outbreak of the Civil War; Jefferson Davis sent merchant marine James D. Bulloch to Europe to clandestinely acquire arms and ships for the Confederate navy. His first stop was Britain; a country hedging its bets on who would win the War Between the States and willing to secretly provide the Confederacy with the naval technology to fight the Union on the high seas. Bulloch's mission continued for the length of the war; and his story; told by the man himself; is one of the least-understood aspects of the Civil War; even today.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. the Ransom of the Soul is written very well and full of useful footnotes. Brown's analysis of Julian of Toledo was ...By Steven Robert ShisleyThis book by Peter Brown explores the way wealth influenced early Christian beliefs about the afterlife. As is usually the case with Brown's books; the Ransom of the Soul is written very well and full of useful footnotes. Brown's analysis of Julian of Toledo was really interesting. This book is not as exhaustively researched like Brown's other books; but still the Ransom of the Soul is an interesting analysis of the afterlife and wealth.19 of 22 people found the following review helpful. Another important book by one of the greatest of living historiansBy Michael SteinbergAll you really need to know is that Peter Brown has a new book out. He's one of the few living historians whom the term magisterial suits; and this new book is up to his awesomely high standards; a few editorial laspses aside. Nobody else illuminates the passages from antiquity to the middle ages so brilliantly; nobody else seems to grasp the deep strangeness of the high antique; and nobody else brings this period to life so vividly and with such a sense of the currents through which those transformations continue to shape our lives. And he writes beautifully too.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. If Peter Brown writes it; read it!By unsworthyetiPeter Brown is always magnificent.
