# The Unvanquished

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- Book: [The Unvanquished](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-faulkner/the-unvanquished) ([The Unvanquished.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-faulkner/the-unvanquished.md))
- Authors: [William Faulkner](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-faulkner)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9958-601-2
- Pages: 304
- Published: 1996-08-08
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In a series of episodes set during and after the American Civil War Faulkner profiles the people of the South - who might surrender but could never be vanquished. The characters are largely based on Faulkner's own family; in particular, Colonel John Sartoris is a fairly faithful portrait of the author's extraordinary great-grandfather - a notable personality who fought in Mexico, was tried for murder, raised a Confederate regiment, built a railway, ran a plantation, and published a bestseller.