544 pages; 6x9.25 inches; 40 b&w photographs; notes and sources; bibliography; hardcover. GOLD MEDALIST WINNER Commonwealth Club of California, Literature Award. Anyone who has not irrevocably completed his own image of Lee in life should see him as he comes from the hands of Margaret Sanborn. - Tom Schlesinger Here is the most penetrating and perceptive study of the character of Robert E. Lee. - Burke Davis Sanborn's acclaimed biography of the life of Robert E. Lee is considered the best and most accurate about the Civil War leader.