Glittering Illusion: English Sympathy for the Southern Confederacy [Hardcover]

Sheldon Vanauken (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 182 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Pub (December 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895265524
• ISBN-13: 978-0895265524
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,666,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An unusual view of America's Civil War, February 17, 1998

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David Graham (Shell, Ecuador) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glittering Illusion: English Sympathy for the Southern Confederacy (Hardcover)

This book was Vanauken's thesis work while at Oxford, presenting a neglected and unusual viewpoint of England's position on the American Civil War. Vanauken's views on "The War Between the States" won't draw much of a following nowadays, but that doesn't mean they are incorrect or misleading. To the contrary, Vanauken forces the reader to rethink long accepted dogma about America's bloodiest conflict, and why England never entered the fray. American Civil War fans will enjoy reading this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I think all American Civil War buffs would enjoy this book., November 5, 2010

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The Seeker - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glittering Illusion: English Sympathy for the Southern Confederacy (Hardcover)

This is a very educational book all about England's perspective of The American Civil War. I've never study their point of view and I enjoyed learning all about it. In this book, the reader learns why so many English people sided with the South and despite that, why England did not help the Confederacy achieve it's goal for freedom against the United States of America.

In the last chapter, there is an entertaining fantasia where the C.S.A. wins the war through British intervention and becomes apart of the British Empire, Lee becomes Lord Arlington and Lincoln retires to Maine and writes, "An Apology for My Administration".