Lee: The Last Years

A New York Times bestselling author’s revealing account of General Robert E. Lee’s life after Appomattox: “An American classic" ( Atlanta Journal-Constitution ).   After his surrender at Appomattox in 1865, Robert E. Lee, commanding general for the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, lived only five more years. It was the great forgotten chapter of his remarkable life, during which Lee did more to bridge the divide between the North and the South than any other Ameri