“Merli's ability to engage his reader in the tale and history of the CSS Alabama is amazing; it truly is a page-turner and I would wager would be such a page-turner for those not already predisposed to reading about such history. 1/11/2010”
— blogbook-reviews.blogspot.com
“A fresh look at the Confederacy's unsuccessful attempts to win foreign support for its cause. Merli describes the escape of the CSS Alabama from British territorial waters, the decision of its captain to fight a Union gunboat off the coast of France, and the curious story of a British-built Chinese flotilla that could have become a small Confederate fleet had negotiations with the Chinese not broken down.”
“. . . intriguing . . . Merli’s depth of understanding of the British Foreign Office gives the reader real, and for the first time, an accurate chronology and information about the Alabama affair. . . ”
— Net November 2006
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