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Published in 1863, English novelist George Alfred Lawrence's first
foray into travel-writing recounts a failed attempt to join the
Confederate Army of Virginia. Lawrence (1827 76), who abandoned a
law career when his first novel (1853) sold, became known for books
that celebrated the brash, violent, aristocratic hero. Lawrence had
joined the militia in England, and one critic has suggested that
Lawrence's American expedition was his attempt to live as his most
famous character, Guy Livingstone, and his attempt to write himself
into heroism. In novelistic fashion his work describes his voyage
from England to New York, his journey as far as Maryland, his
capture by farmers, and his weeks in a Washington gaol. Lawrence
embraced the Confederate cause and his work, often racist and
relativist, expresses total faith in it.
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