Reviews for Collett Leventhorpe, the English Confederate: The Life of a Civil War General, 1815-1889

The average rating for Collett Leventhorpe, the English Confederate: The Life of a Civil War General, 1815-1889 based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-07-03 00:00:00 Jonathan Lymer This is one of the best biographies I've read, along with Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, and Columbus: The Four Voyages. I'm just assuming these books are historically accurate. But this one added quite a bit to my basic knowledge of Ben Franklin, including his personal opinions on the hot button political issues of his era, such as the Enlightenment, steam power versus electricity, and slavery.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-01-27 00:00:00 Kari Panko Nguyen Carl really liked it. I slept through the middle but went back and finished it. Very educational but I don't need that much information. Franklin had lots of witty sayings, invented the lightning rod, wood stove, a musical instrument, and bifocals, was the first important man of his time to call for the end of slavery, and only had one wife. Probably because she wouldn't cross the Atlantic to join him in England or France.