Daniel E. Sutherland
This is easily the most comprehensive biography of Edwin M. Stanton ever written. Lincoln's Autocrat will doubtless stir debate over both Stanton’s character and his role in the war, but that is clearly this book's very purpose. Marvel's erudite and probing interpretation will unquestionably stand as the definitive biography of this overlooked key player in Lincoln's cabinet for the current, and likely the next, generation of readers.
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This is easily the most comprehensive biography of Edwin M. Stanton ever written. Lincoln's Autocrat will doubtless stir debate over both Stanton's character and his role in the war, but that is clearly this book's very purpose. Marvel's erudite and probing interpretation will unquestionably stand as the definitive biography of this overlooked key player in Lincoln's cabinet for the current, and likely the next, generation of readers.Daniel E. Sutherland, author of A Savage Conflict: The Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War
With Lincoln's Autocrat, William Marvel has delivered another fine book, prodigiously researched and told in his trademark lucid, fast-paced narrative style. A seasoned scholar, Marvel casts his net wide in evaluating Stanton and his contribution to the war and to the political culture of the postwar period, navigating the intersections of the era's legal system and the convoluted political culture like only a writer such as he can.Stephen D. Engle, author of Don Carlos Buell: Most Promising of All
Stephen D. Engle
With Lincoln's Autocrat, William Marvel has delivered another fine book, prodigiously researched and told in his trademark lucid, fast-paced narrative style. A seasoned scholar, Marvel casts his net wide in evaluating Stanton and his contribution to the war and to the political culture of the postwar period, navigating the intersections of the era's legal system and the convoluted political culture like only a writer such as him can.