As a historian, Allen C. Guelzo is acutely aware of how perceptions change over time. When he started his latest biography, “Robert E. Lee: A Life,” back in 2014, “Lee was a different person,” he says ...

“Robert E. Lee: A Life” by Allen C. Guelzo (Knopf) Controversy over the equestrian memorial to Robert E. Lee on stately Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, was once limited to the removal of the ...

Robert E. Lee: A Life is a new biography that examines one of the most well-known and controversial Civil War figures. Author ALLEN C. GUELZO, professor and historian at Princeton University, covers ...

Robert E. Lee: A Life is a new biography that examines one of the most well-known and controversial Civil War figures. Author ALLEN C. GUELZO, professor and historian at Princeton University, covers ...

Since the end of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee’s dignified visage has been the most formidable emblem of the “Lost Cause” tradition, which portrayed the Confederacy’s bid for independence as a noble ...

Join us for an in person event with award-winning Civil War historian Allen Guelzo about his new book, Robert E. Lee: A Life. The New York Times praised the book as, “A deeply researched character ...

Noted historian and author Allen Guelzo will be the featured speaker at the Abraham Lincoln Association Birthday Banquet on Feb. 12 in Springfield. The banquet, which marks Abraham Lincoln's 217th ...

Historian Guelzo (Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction) demystifies Robert E. Lee in this evenhanded and insightful biography. Guelzo highlights the shadow over Lee’s life cast by his father, ...