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For nearly ninety years, Lord Charnwood’s Abraham Lincoln has been the standard life history of the Great Emancipator. It has become one of the great classics of modern biography and has been read by millions.
Charnwood describes the frontier life and continual self-education that developed Lincoln’s rare character and helped him to adapt to great events and demands such as few other men have experienced. Lincoln the man is analyzed against the dramatic historical background of the Colonial days, the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Missouri Compromise, secession, and an exciting history of the Civil War. Lincoln’s administrative genius, his war strategy, and his neglect of the lesser for the greater are all treated in this masterly portrait.
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"Wow. Reading the story of the Civil War via Lincoln's life is moving and thought provoking. The subject is painful to study and face but it should be done. I look forward to studying Lincoln's speeches and life over again. "
— Jennifer (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Not only the portrait but the philosophy of the greatest of Americans. It is bound to take first rank in the literature of Lincoln and in many respects may be pronounced the best of the biographies.”
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“Lord Charnwood’s remains the best Lincoln biography.”
— Weekly Standard -
“Lord Charnwood has given us the most complete interpretation of Lincoln as yet produced, and he has presented it in such artistic form that it may well become a classic.”
— American Historical Review -
“Though many portraits of the sixteenth president have been published since this first appeared in 1916, this remains one of the best.”
— Library Journal -
“Lord Charnwood’s moving one-volume life of Lincoln set a high standard at which many have aimed and fallen short.”
— Kirkus Reviews -
“A masterly analysis of Lincoln’s character and career and…a model of what the historian’s work should be.”
— John Drinkwater, playwright
Abraham Lincoln Listener Reviews
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" The best book I read this year -- terrific insight into Lincoln's character and times. Definitely my favorite biography -- worth reading if you've never read it. "
— Rob, 1/10/2013 -
" Didn't really care for this as a biography- I don't really feel like I learned anything new about Lincoln and that it wasn't really about Lincoln all of the time. My rating sums it up, it was ok. "
— April, 12/30/2012 -
" Not the best book I've ever read, but it was pretty good...allthough, I will read any book about the greatest American who ever lived in the history of the world. Can't wait to read more about our 16th President. "
— Brian, 6/19/2012 -
" Wow. Reading the story of the Civil War via Lincoln's life is moving and thought provoking. The subject is painful to study and face but it should be done. I look forward to studying Lincoln's speeches and life over again. "
— Jennifer, 8/27/2011 -
" Didn't really care for this as a biography- I don't really feel like I learned anything new about Lincoln and that it wasn't really about Lincoln all of the time. My rating sums it up, it was ok. "
— April, 1/28/2011
About Charnwood
Lord Charnwood (1864–1945) was an author, academic, Liberal politician and philanthropist. Born in Alresford, Hampshire, he was educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford. Charnwood was the author of many works, and was also involved in charitable work with the deaf and disabled.
About Simon Vance
Simon Vance (a.k.a. Robert Whitfield) is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television.