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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20020621
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Q. I'VE always liked reading histories of the American Civil War - have any good novels been written about this period?

Daniel Davis, Sheringham, Norfolk.

A. RICH pickings here. Stephen Crane's classic, The Red Badge Of Courage (Wordsworth Editions, [pound]1), is the tale of a frightened young soldier's experience of battle which was hailed as a psychological masterpiece on its first publication in 1895. Then try Bernard Cornwell's four Starbuck Chronicles - Rebel, Copperhead, Battle Flag and The Bloody Ground (available from your local library) - following the fortunes ...

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