An Affair of Outposts by Ambrose Bierce | Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Audiobook
Update: 2025-11-26
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A sharp-tongued slice of the American Civil War from Ambrose Bierce, “An Affair of Outposts” follows a governor hungry for pageantry and a captain who’d rather find an honorable end than a patriotic slogan. When a skirmish in the Tennessee woods turns ugly, cool commands and brittle pride collide with the messy truth of battle, and loyalties - North, South, and personal - get tested the hard way. Bierce brings his trademark sting: soldiers who look like ghosts before they fall, politicians who love the review stand more than the rifle pit, and a hero whose heart isn’t in the cause but won’t step back from duty. It’s brisk, bitter, and oddly tender in flashes - the kind of war story that swaps brass-band romance for powder smoke and moral whiplash. Perfect for readers who like their historical fiction lean, unsentimental, and unnervingly modern.
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