Borgerkrig

Den amerikanske borgerkrigens episke kamp mellom Nord og Sør blir levende gjennom gripende slagmarksberetninger, inntrengende lederportretter og historier om vanlige soldater kastet inn i ekstraordinære tider. Disse kraftfulle bøkene utforsker krigens politiske kompleksitet, militære strategier og dype menneskelige kostnader mens en splittet nasjon kjempet for å definere sin fremtid og sjel.

Borgerkrig Boksammendrag

Golden Son

av Pierce Brown

The Red agent inside Gold society must fracture an empire before his heart betrays him.

4.50

500 000+

🚀 Space Opera 🪖 Military Sci-Fi 👤 Deep Cover Agent

Oppslukende

Golden Son

The Red agent inside Gold society must fracture an empire before his heart betrays him.

av Pierce Brown 2015 466 sider

4.50

500 000+ vurderinger

🚀 Space Opera 🪖 Military Sci-Fi 👤 Deep Cover Agent

The Fountains of Silence

av Ruta Sepetys • 2019

An American photographer falls for a hotel maid in 1957 Madrid, where her silence hides a crime.

4.30

83 000+

🕊️ Post-Civil War Spain 🏴 Franco'S Dictatorship 🇺🇸 American Abroad

The Fountains of Silence

An American photographer falls for a hotel maid in 1957 Madrid, where her silence hides a crime.

av Ruta Sepetys 2019 495 sider

4.30

83 000+ vurderinger

🕊️ Post-Civil War Spain 🏴 Franco'S Dictatorship 🇺🇸 American Abroad

Tatt av vinden

av Margaret Mitchell • 1936

War burns down her world. Starvation sharpens her. The men she marries are just survival.

4.31

1 000 000+

🏛️ Antebellum South ⚔️ Civil War Epic 💚 Morally Gray Heroine

Oppslukende

Tatt av vinden

War burns down her world. Starvation sharpens her. The men she marries are just survival.

av Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 sider

4.31

1 000 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Antebellum South ⚔️ Civil War Epic 💚 Morally Gray Heroine

March

av Geraldine Brooks • 2005

The father of Little Women writes home from war, hiding the brutality eroding his faith.

3.82

79 000+

🔥 Civil War Fiction ✊ Abolitionist Fiction 📖 Reimagined Classic

March

The father of Little Women writes home from war, hiding the brutality eroding his faith.

av Geraldine Brooks 2005 280 sider

3.82

79 000+ vurderinger

🔥 Civil War Fiction ✊ Abolitionist Fiction 📖 Reimagined Classic

Amity

av Nathan Harris • 2025

To find his stolen sister, a freedman follows her trail into a Mexico that devours refugees.

3.76

5 000+

🕊️ Post-Emancipation 💔 Separated Siblings 🏜️ Survival Journey

Amity

To find his stolen sister, a freedman follows her trail into a Mexico that devours refugees.

av Nathan Harris 2025 320 sider

3.76

5 000+ vurderinger

🕊️ Post-Emancipation 💔 Separated Siblings 🏜️ Survival Journey

Master Slave Husband Wife

av Ilyon Woo • 2023

Enslaved woman as white gentleman, husband as slave: a 1,000-mile escape in plain sight.

3.97

18 000+

🏃 Slave Escapes ⛓️‍💥 Abolitionist Movement 🎭 Racial Passing

Master Slave Husband Wife

Enslaved woman as white gentleman, husband as slave: a 1,000-mile escape in plain sight.

av Ilyon Woo 2023 416 sider

3.97

18 000+ vurderinger

🏃 Slave Escapes ⛓️‍💥 Abolitionist Movement 🎭 Racial Passing

The Widow of the South

av Robert Hicks • 2005

A grieving widow buries 1,500 fallen soldiers in her garden, seeking purpose among the dead.

3.78

18 000+

🔥 Civil War Fiction 🏥 Field Hospital 🤕 Wounded Soldier

The Widow of the South

A grieving widow buries 1,500 fallen soldiers in her garden, seeking purpose among the dead.

av Robert Hicks 2005 436 sider

3.78

18 000+ vurderinger

🔥 Civil War Fiction 🏥 Field Hospital 🤕 Wounded Soldier

The Republic for Which It Stands

av Richard White • 2017

America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.

4.16

1 000+

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 💰 Gilded Age 🔨 Labor History

The Republic for Which It Stands

America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.

av Richard White 2017 962 sider

4.16

1 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 💰 Gilded Age 🔨 Labor History

Wilmington's Lie

av David Zucchino • 2020

Before Jim Crow there was an 1898 coup that erased a Southern city's black leadership.

4.43

4 000+

💀 White Supremacy 🩸 Racial Violence 🏛️ Reconstruction Era

Wilmington's Lie

Before Jim Crow there was an 1898 coup that erased a Southern city's black leadership.

av David Zucchino 2020 426 sider

4.43

4 000+ vurderinger

💀 White Supremacy 🩸 Racial Violence 🏛️ Reconstruction Era

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs

av Ulysses S. Grant • 1885

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

4.14

9 000+

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

av Ulysses S. Grant 1885

4.14

9 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command

Blood on the Moon

av Edward Steers Jr. • 2001

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

4.17

500+

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks

Blood on the Moon

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

av Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 sider

4.17

500+ vurderinger

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks

The Wrath of Cochise

av Terry Mort • 2013

One bungled arrest, five executed hostages, and the single spark that ignited a decade of war.

3.73

217

🏹 Apache History 🪶 American Indian Wars 🌵 Southwest Frontier

The Wrath of Cochise

One bungled arrest, five executed hostages, and the single spark that ignited a decade of war.

av Terry Mort 2013 400 sider

3.73

217 vurderinger

🏹 Apache History 🪶 American Indian Wars 🌵 Southwest Frontier

Loyal in Love

av Jean Plaidy • 1983

A French Catholic queen in exile wonders if her faith destroyed the king she loved.

3.75

1 000+

📜 Stuart England 💍 Political Marriage 👸 Foreign Queen

Loyal in Love

A French Catholic queen in exile wonders if her faith destroyed the king she loved.

av Jean Plaidy 1983 432 sider

3.75

1 000+ vurderinger

📜 Stuart England 💍 Political Marriage 👸 Foreign Queen

Reconstruction

av Eric Foner • 1988

A brief, revolutionary experiment in interracial democracy. Why the country abandoned it.

4.22

6 000+

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🗳️ Black Political Agency 🤝 Interracial Democracy

Reconstruction

A brief, revolutionary experiment in interracial democracy. Why the country abandoned it.

av Eric Foner 1988 690 sider

4.22

6 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🗳️ Black Political Agency 🤝 Interracial Democracy

How the South Won the Civil War

av Heather Cox Richardson • 2020

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

4.31

5 000+

🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology

How the South Won the Civil War

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

av Heather Cox Richardson 2020 272 sider

4.31

5 000+ vurderinger

🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology

Booth

av Karen Joy Fowler • 2022

Six Booth siblings grow up among Shakespeare, scandal, and ghosts. One will assassinate a president.

3.82

15 000+

🎭 Family Saga 🎪 Theater Family 🏛️ Antebellum America

Booth

Six Booth siblings grow up among Shakespeare, scandal, and ghosts. One will assassinate a president.

av Karen Joy Fowler 2022 470 sider

3.82

15 000+ vurderinger

🎭 Family Saga 🎪 Theater Family 🏛️ Antebellum America

The Original Black Elite

av Elizabeth Dowling Taylor • 2017

Reconstruction built a Black elite in Washington D.C. Jim Crow buried them and erased their story.

4.03

279

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 📜 Black Elite History 🕊️ Racial Uplift

The Original Black Elite

Reconstruction built a Black elite in Washington D.C. Jim Crow buried them and erased their story.

av Elizabeth Dowling Taylor 2017 512 sider

4.03

279 vurderinger

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 📜 Black Elite History 🕊️ Racial Uplift

A Necessary Evil

av Garry Wills • 1999

The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.

3.78

196

🏛️ Political History 📜 Constitutional History 🏴 Government Distrust

A Necessary Evil

The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.

av Garry Wills 1999 368 sider

3.78

196 vurderinger

🏛️ Political History 📜 Constitutional History 🏴 Government Distrust

Jews vs. Rome

av Barry S. Strauss • 2025

Rome burned the Temple and erased Judea from the map. The Jewish people outlasted the empire.

4.16

390

⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🏛️ Roman History ✡️ Jewish History

Jews vs. Rome

Rome burned the Temple and erased Judea from the map. The Jewish people outlasted the empire.

av Barry S. Strauss 2025 384 sider

4.16

390 vurderinger

⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🏛️ Roman History ✡️ Jewish History

Mortal Republic

av Edward J. Watts • 2018

Rome's republic wasn't conquered. Its own citizens dismantled it, choice by choice, over a century.

4.06

1 000+

🏛️ Roman Republic 🏺 Ancient Rome 🏚️ Institutional Decay

Mortal Republic

Rome's republic wasn't conquered. Its own citizens dismantled it, choice by choice, over a century.

av Edward J. Watts 2018 336 sider

4.06

1 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Roman Republic 🏺 Ancient Rome 🏚️ Institutional Decay

Slavery's Constitution

av David Waldstreicher • 2009

Six of 84 clauses protected slavery. The compromise that made the Civil War inevitable.

3.69

250

📜 Constitutional History 🏛️ Early American Republic ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism

Slavery's Constitution

Six of 84 clauses protected slavery. The compromise that made the Civil War inevitable.

av David Waldstreicher 2009 208 sider

3.69

250 vurderinger

📜 Constitutional History 🏛️ Early American Republic ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism

Ghosts of Belle Isle

av Steven K. Smith • 2014

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

4.21

500+

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics

Ghosts of Belle Isle

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

av Steven K. Smith 2014 196 sider

4.21

500+ vurderinger

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics

Freedom’s Dominion

av Jefferson R. Cowie • 2022

One Alabama county's 'freedom' meant the right to dominate. The history and the national fallout.

4.50

500+

🏛️ Southern History 🔥 White Supremacy 🏗️ Reconstruction History

Freedom’s Dominion

One Alabama county's 'freedom' meant the right to dominate. The history and the national fallout.

av Jefferson R. Cowie 2022 512 sider

4.50

500+ vurderinger

🏛️ Southern History 🔥 White Supremacy 🏗️ Reconstruction History

West of Slavery

av Kevin Waite • 2021

The slave South wanted a Pacific empire and nearly built one before the Civil War.

4.54

🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Antebellum America ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism

West of Slavery

The slave South wanted a Pacific empire and nearly built one before the Civil War.

av Kevin Waite 2021 384 sider

4.54

52 vurderinger

🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Antebellum America ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism

ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM

av Steven Hahn • 1985

Before Populism, Georgia's yeomen lost their land and independence to merchants, cotton, and debt.

3.78

🌾 Agrarian History 🔨 Reconstruction Era 🌱 Sharecropping

ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM

Before Populism, Georgia's yeomen lost their land and independence to merchants, cotton, and debt.

av Steven Hahn 1985 373 sider

3.78

74 vurderinger

🌾 Agrarian History 🔨 Reconstruction Era 🌱 Sharecropping

Yankee Leviathan

av Richard Franklin Bensel • 1991

The Confederacy's statist war machine, not the Constitution, built the modern American state.

3.69

📜 Civil War History 🏚️ Reconstruction Era 🏛️ State Formation

Yankee Leviathan

The Confederacy's statist war machine, not the Constitution, built the modern American state.

av Richard Franklin Bensel 1991 466 sider

3.69

49 vurderinger

📜 Civil War History 🏚️ Reconstruction Era 🏛️ State Formation

A Nation Without Borders

av Steven Hahn • 2016

The United States was an empire before it was a nation. Slavery, rebellion, and conquest built it.

4.00

332

🏛️ American Empire 💰 Slavery And Capitalism 🏜️ New Western History

A Nation Without Borders

The United States was an empire before it was a nation. Slavery, rebellion, and conquest built it.

av Steven Hahn 2016 608 sider

4.00

332 vurderinger

🏛️ American Empire 💰 Slavery And Capitalism 🏜️ New Western History

A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

av Eric Foner • 1990

After the Civil War, America built an interracial democracy, then destroyed it.

4.04

2 000+

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🕊️ Emancipation Studies 🗳️ Black Political Agency

A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

After the Civil War, America built an interracial democracy, then destroyed it.

av Eric Foner 1990 297 sider

4.04

2 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🕊️ Emancipation Studies 🗳️ Black Political Agency

A Nation Under Our Feet

av Steven Hahn • 2003

Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.

4.11

500+

🗳️ Reconstruction Era 🌾 Southern History 🌱 Grassroots Organizing

A Nation Under Our Feet

Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.

av Steven Hahn 2003 624 sider

4.11

500+ vurderinger

🗳️ Reconstruction Era 🌾 Southern History 🌱 Grassroots Organizing

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

av Herbert Aptheker • 1966

A solar eclipse, a prophet's vision, and 40 hours that forced the South to defend slavery openly.

3.55

🏛️ Antebellum South ⛓️ American Slavery ✊ Slave Rebellion

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

A solar eclipse, a prophet's vision, and 40 hours that forced the South to defend slavery openly.

av Herbert Aptheker 1966 176 sider

3.55

64 vurderinger

🏛️ Antebellum South ⛓️ American Slavery ✊ Slave Rebellion

October

av China Miéville • 2017

Ten months, one empire, and a revolution that no one had written the ending for.

3.91

6 000+

🇷🇺 Russian Revolution ☭ Soviet History ✊ Revolutionary Movements

October

Ten months, one empire, and a revolution that no one had written the ending for.

av China Miéville 2017 369 sider

3.91

6 000+ vurderinger

🇷🇺 Russian Revolution ☭ Soviet History ✊ Revolutionary Movements

The Republic of Violence

av J.D. Dickey • 2022

The abolitionists' greatest enemy wasn't slavery; it was the mob violence that met their every move.

4.03

🏛️ Antebellum America ✊ American Abolitionism 🔥 Racial Violence

The Republic of Violence

The abolitionists' greatest enemy wasn't slavery; it was the mob violence that met their every move.

av J.D. Dickey 2022 408 sider

4.03

34 vurderinger

🏛️ Antebellum America ✊ American Abolitionism 🔥 Racial Violence

The Interbellum Constitution

av Alison L. LaCroix • 2024

Antebellum America's constitutional crisis: federal power and states' rights kept swapping sides.

4.47

⚖️ American Legal History 🏛️ Federalism ⏳ Antebellum America

The Interbellum Constitution

Antebellum America's constitutional crisis: federal power and states' rights kept swapping sides.

av Alison L. LaCroix 2024 576 sider

4.47

17 vurderinger

⚖️ American Legal History 🏛️ Federalism ⏳ Antebellum America

Gods and Generals

av Jeff Shaara • 1996

Lee, Jackson, Hancock, Chamberlain: four men, one civil war, and the private agonies behind command.

4.09

37 000+

📚 Civil War Epic 💔 Divided Loyalties ⚔️ Brothers In Arms

Gods and Generals

Lee, Jackson, Hancock, Chamberlain: four men, one civil war, and the private agonies behind command.

av Jeff Shaara 1996 498 sider

4.09

37 000+ vurderinger

📚 Civil War Epic 💔 Divided Loyalties ⚔️ Brothers In Arms

Spying on the South

av Tony Horwitz • 2019

America's red-blue fault line was forged in the 1850s South. Retracing Olmsted's journey proves it.

4.00

4 000+

🚙 American Travelogues ⛓️ Antebellum South ⚡ Political Polarization

Spying on the South

America's red-blue fault line was forged in the 1850s South. Retracing Olmsted's journey proves it.

av Tony Horwitz 2019

4.00

4 000+ vurderinger

🚙 American Travelogues ⛓️ Antebellum South ⚡ Political Polarization

The Wars of Reconstruction

av Douglas R. Egerton • 2013

Black voters were the majority in several southern states. Then the targeted assassinations began.

4.07

338

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🗳️ Black Political Power ⚰️ Racial Terrorism

The Wars of Reconstruction

Black voters were the majority in several southern states. Then the targeted assassinations began.

av Douglas R. Egerton 2013 448 sider

4.07

338 vurderinger

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🗳️ Black Political Power ⚰️ Racial Terrorism

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