Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, Mary Lowell Putnam's captivating historical fiction book "Fifteen Days: An Extract from Edward Colvil's Journal" is a page-turner. The narrative centres on Edward Colvil, a young American caught up in the maelstrom of battle, and spans fifteen days during the Battle of Gettysburg. Readers follow Colvil's journey as he wrestles with the harsh realities of battle, faces his own moral difficulties,...