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10 BEST BOOKS • THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • 2011   NAMED AMONG THE BEST BOOKS OF THE ENTIRE YEAR BY The Washington Post • The New Yorker • Chicago Tribune • The Economist • Nancy Pearl, NPR • Bloomberg.com • Collection Diary • Marketers WeeklyAcclaimed historian Amanda Foreman uses the phenomenal success of her New York Times best-seller Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire with her long-anticipated next function of nonfiction: the intriguing tale of the American Civil War and the main role-played by Britain and its people for the reason that epic struggle.Even prior to the first rumblings of secession shook The halls of Congress, British participation in the schism was unavoidable. Britain was reliant on the South for cotton, and consequently the Confederacy depended almost solely on Britain for weapons, boats, and bullets. The Nation wanted to prevent any diplomacy between the 2 and regularly teetered on the edge of conflict with Britain. For four decades the complicated web of interactions between the nations resulted in wins and failures equally record and moment -making.