Abraham Lincoln

Name: Abraham Lincoln
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Lord Charnwood
ISBN: 9781433245114

Author: Lord Charnwood

Narrator: Robert Whitfield

Unabridged: 15 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 04/21/2011

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs

Synopsis

For nearly ninety years, Lord Charnwoods Abraham Lincoln has been the standard life history of the Great Emancipator. It has become one of the great classics of modern biography and has been read by millions. Charnwood describes the frontier life and continual selfeducation that developed Lincolns rare character and helped him to adapt to great events and demands such as few other men have experienced. Lincoln the man is analyzed against the dramatic historical background of the Colonial days, the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Missouri Compromise, secession, and an exciting history of the Civil War. Lincolns administrative genius, his war strategy, and his neglect of the lesser for the greater are all treated in this masterly portrait. The famous LincolnDouglas debates are also included.

About Lord Charnwood

Lord Charnwood (1864–1945) was an author, academic, Liberal politician, and philanthropist. He was born in Alresford, Hampshire, England, and educated at Oxford.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ammit P on March 08, 2024

4.50 ⭐ GENRE - NON FICTION / BIOGRAPHY. Finally!!! This book is over 😀. By far the toughest book that I ever read, it took me 4 months almost to complete it during which a few times I found myself uninterested and almost put it down a couple of times.This book was like history textbook of the American......more

Goodreads review by Justin on December 14, 2022

Historically significant yet tedious biography of Abraham Lincoln with summary of the American Civil War. It's a fascinating text because its age (originally published in 1916) and its European perspective. My hope was that it would be a juicy biography because of its semi-closeness in period to the......more

Goodreads review by Priyanka on November 01, 2017

A good read mostly talking about American civil war, rather than Lincoln's life........more

Goodreads review by Sarah on May 13, 2022

This biography of Abraham Lincoln was originally published in 1916 by a British author, and this often came to the fore of my mind as I was reading it. Telling the story of Lincoln in a little more than 300 pages means that much is left out (Lincoln's marriage and children are barely mentioned, for......more

Goodreads review by Shivani on August 14, 2020

An absolutely unputdownable biography of a man of uncompromising power. Laced with a perfect blend of personal anecdotes and history, this biography by Lord Charnwood does a commendable job.......more