"I think it's wonderful. Tragic and powerful, with the rhythm of a classic, the stupendous
research subordinated to the emotion it evokes, it is the end of the story for which we have been waiting
over a century."Theodore White

Robert E. Lee, one of the most famous figures in American history, vanished after his dramatic surrender
at Appomattox. In fact, he lived only another five years, during which time he did more than any other
American to heal the wounds between North and South during the tempestuous postwar period.

This is a moving and intimate account of those years filled with the warmth of family ties and enduring
friendships set against the harsh realities of Reconstruction. Though Lee is best remembered for his
military campaigns, this was his finest hour, the great forgotten chapter of an extraordinary life.