SUNDAY BUSINESS POST * 'Hampton Side s' outstanding narrative history has all the virtues: stirring set pieces, deft character studies, colourful descriptions of battles and of nature. Those yet to read that novel or see the movies will find that this book adds deep resonances to their pleasure' Michael Moorcock Guardian (10/3/07) * ** 'This history of Carson encapsulates themes of American mythology that seem otherworldly but remain endlessly fascinating.' * Anyone who has read Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian or grew up on John Ford westerns will be enlightened.

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group ISBN: 9780349120317 Number of pages: 576 Weight: 399 g Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 38 mm MEDIA REVIEWSĪbsorbing and well written. a riveting tale where, for once, the word 'epic' is not hyperbole' 'Hampton Sides' outstanding narrative history has all the virtues: stirring set pieces, deft character studies, colourful descriptions of battles and of nature. BLOOD AND THUNDER is a chronicle of one of a pivotal era in American history: grand in scope, immediate in detail, impeccably researched and historically revelatory. Carson was an illiterate mountain man who twice married Indian women and understood the tribes better than any other American alive yet he was also a cold-blooded killer and an unquestioning patriot who willingly followed orders tantamount to massacre. It is a tale with many heroes and villains, but at the centre of it all stands the remarkable figure of Kit Carson - the legendary trapper, scout and soldier. Hampton Sides's extraordinary book brings the history of the American conquest of the West to ringing life.

Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides