In the skies, meanwhile, technology has provided a devastating new tool, the aeroplane, and with it a different kind of hero emerges–the flying ace. Shaara opens the window onto the otherworldly tableau of trench warfare as seen through the eyes of a typical British soldier who experiences the bizarre and the horrible–a “Tommy” whose innocent youth is cast into the hell of a terrifying war. France and Great Britain are on one side of the barbed wire, a fierce German army is on the other.

Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe’s western front. Jeff currently resides in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with his lovely wife Stephanie. His writing journey began after he was approached to write a prequel and sequel to his father’s book, The Killer Angels (1974), which had witnessed great success in both print and film.Ĭonsidering that Jeff had no prior writing experience, he has excelled in his writing career, becoming a three-time recipient of the American Library Association's 'William Young Boyd Award' for Excellence in Military Fiction. However, when his father passed away in 1988, Jeff sold his business and took over the management of his father's estate. Upon moving to Tampa, he became one of the most renowned coin and precious-metals dealers in Florida. Profound in its insights into the minds and hearts of those who fought in the war, Gods and Generals creates a vivid portrait of the soldiers, the battlefields, and the tumultuous times that forever shaped the nation.Jeff Shaara, the son of Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Shaara, and brother of author Lila Shaara, is an American New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction novels.īorn in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he holds a degree in Criminology from Florida State University.Īt sixteen, Jeff ran a rare coin business which he first operated from his home, before moving to a retail store. Lee, never believing until too late that a civil war would ever truly come to pass. Here is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War Winfield Scott Hancock, a captain of quartermasters who quickly establishes himself as one of the finest leaders of the Union army Joshua Chamberlain, who gives up his promising academic career and goes on to become one of the most heroic soldiers in American history and Robert E. In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War.

The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic The Killer Angels

Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara