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The Demon of Unrest

A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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The Demon of Unrest

De: Erik Larson
Narrado por: Will Patton, Erik Larson
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 2025 Libby Book Award - Book of the Year - Adult Nonfiction, Winner • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times).

“A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller.”—The Wall Street Journal

A PARADE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter.

Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were “so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them.”

At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter’s commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between them. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous secretary of state, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable—one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans.

Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink—a dark reminder that we often don’t see a cataclysm coming until it’s too late.

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“Larson, one of today’s pre-eminent nonfiction storytellers, trawls a variety of archives to explore the historically momentous months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the Battle of Fort Sumter.”—The New York Times

“Perhaps no other historian has ever rendered the struggle for Sumter in such authoritative detail as Larson does here. . . . Few historians, too, have done a better job of untangling the web of intrigues and counter-intrigues that helped provoke the eventual attack and surrender.”—The Washington Post

“A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . Larson’s great gift is his uncanny ability to spin a chronological story whose ending we already know—secession, rebellion, victory, emancipation and assassination—yet keep the narrative as crisp and suspenseful as an Anthony Horowitz suspense novel. . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller.”—The Wall Street Journal

Editorial Review

The Civil War in the hands of a narrative master
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." That quote from L.P. Hartley has always stayed with me. It nails why I love history so much: It feels like travel. I’m a bit frustrated I don’t have a time machine so I can see the living, breathing past for myself. But in lieu of a time machine, I have Erik Larson. Few writers transport me so wholly as this master of narrative history, author of such favorites as The Devil in the White City and In the Garden of Beasts. His latest takes us to the fraught five-month period between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the start of the Civil War. In Larson's hands, dimly lit figures from the past come into full view, enlightening us on a world that feels at once so distant and so near to our own, a moment of incomparable consequence in American history, and one with continued relevance in our own troubled times. —Phoebe N., Audible Editor

Masterful Storytelling • Compelling Narrative • Detailed Historical Accounts • Engaging Suspense • Captivating Voice
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The book is about a time and place which rarely get this much focus. It covers the days after Lincoln has been elected and the nation is threatening to split over the issue of slavery. You will learn about the upper class land owners pushing for secession and the garrison at Fort Sumter and its commander Colonel Anderson. The best part (aside from being read by Will Patton) are the words of the people and lived and wrote about the times. Mary Chestnut, in particular, was and insightful chronicler of the times and an acerbic wit as well.

I’ve read many books about the Civil War including “A Team of Rivals” and appreciate the scope of this book.

Outstandingly account Of the period of time before the attack on Fort Sumter in the words of diarists and records of that time.

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Narrator very good. Detailed history I missed in school. Very compelling. Descriptions vivid. Thank you.

Very like today (but no chivalry)

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This is my fifth Larson read and among the most enjoyable. There are similarities to the divisions of that time and those we see today. Larson’s impeccable research teases out details to make the story come alive. The performance by Will Patton is a ten!

Amazing history with parallels to today

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This work focuses on the naivete that overcame warnings of the real dangers ahead. This struggle seems to me to be one of the central themes of history.

Honor must be demonstrated, not proclaimed.

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This book is about American life in the months that precede the start of the Civil War. Much of it takes place in Charleston, SC, in and out of Fort Sumter. This is history from the points of view of so many individuals from the north and south, including presidents, soldiers, secessionists, and abolitionists. It felt life a suspense novel at times, with the threat of war looming. We know how tragic the war will be, adding a poignancy to this narrative. This is not a fast paced book, and the whole is not quite equal to the sum of its parts. But those parts, the individual stories of people of the time, were riveting to me. This transported me to America's past in a way that few books have done. Will Patton is a great narrator for this audiobook. Readers with an interest in history will not be disappointed. I certainly was not!

This book takes you back in time

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A winding story through the build up to the American Civil War. Great story telling that looks at minute details and big picture. The narrator does a great job bringing the story to life.

Great story and narrator

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I could not stop listening—one of the times that listening to a book is better than reading it.

Loved Will Patton’s narration.

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Whoever’s idea that any words need to be beeped in any book needs his/her foot firmly stamped on.

Good telling.

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I’m a big fan of Erik Larson & this book is no exception. Beautifully written. A clear eyed examination of the characters and events that led to the Civil War. Great read

Brilliant

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Great substance and presentation . Combined to make an excellent story for a time know. Larson at his best form again to the delight of this patron

Depth of history

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