American historian and former White House speechwriter — author of The Man Who Would Not Be Washington (about Robert E. Lee) — who has written on the Civil War and Confederate history.
Creates a nuanced portrait of Robert E. Lee that avoids both hagiography and demonization — Horn's biography contextualizes Lee's Confederate choice within his complex personal history and the cultural constraints of Virginia gentry.
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