The Guns of the South

a novel of the Civil War

by Harry Turtledove

1992 516 pages eng ★ 3.2 (5 ratings)

January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhood…