TOO MUCH THE LION IBD

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The Soldiers Did the Fighting, the Generals, the InfightingIn the waning months of the American Civil War, a delusional Confederate commander makes a desperate attempt to change the course of the SouthâÇÖs dwindling hopes by invading middle Tennessee.áThe tragic result of Lt. Gen. John Bell HoodâÇÖs misplaced hubris devastates his Army of Tennessee and alters the lives of the citizens of Franklin, Tennessee.In a historical novel reminiscent of The Killer Angels, Too Much the Lion follows a handful of Confederate generals, infantrymen and local residents through the five days leading up to the horrific Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864.áThe lives of soldiers ranging from Major General Patrick Cleburne to Brigadier General Hiram Granbury and from Sergeant Major Sumner Cunningham to Corporal Sam Watkins will be forever changed by HoodâÇÖs decisions and mistakes.Franklin civilians like apprehensive and loving mother Mary Alice McPhail and teen Hardin Figuers, desperate to serve the Confederacy but too young to enlist, are ensnared in the events that will bring death and devastation to their very doorsteps.áDevout Confederate Chaplain Charles T. Quintard must reconcile his religious beliefs with his support of slavery.áSlaves like the elder Wiley Howard and the inquisitive young Henry B. Free are trapped on the fault line between what has been and what could be.Too Much the Lion offers an unvarnished account of the dying days of the Confederacy in a powerful and moving narrative of honor and betrayal, bravery and cowardice, death and survival. Told with poignancy and honesty by an accomplished novelist, Too Much the Lion achieves for the Battle of Franklin what The Killer Angels did for the Battle of Gettysburg, providing a classic fictional account of one of the Civil WarâÇÖs pivotal encounters.