The History of Canada Series: Death or Victory

The History of Canada Series: Death or Victory
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Publisher : Penguin Canada
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 9780143182856
ISBN-13 : 0143182854
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Book Synopsis The History of Canada Series: Death or Victory by : Dan Snow

Download or read book The History of Canada Series: Death or Victory written by Dan Snow and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perched atop a tall promontory and surrounded on three sides by the treacherous St. Lawrence River, Quebec City forms an almost impregnable natural fortress. But in 1759, with the Seven Years War raging around the globe, the capital city of New France came under attack. With the irascible British general James Wolfe in command, a force of more than 100 ships carrying nearly 9,000 men navigated the river, scaled the cliffs, and laid siege to the town in an audacious attempt to expel the French from North America forever. It would be a brutal battle, with British soldiers confronting the troops commanded by the French general, the marquis de Montcalm. They were on unfamiliar terrain and facing extreme weather, a colonial militia, and experienced First Nations warriors. Using original research and multiple perspectives, Dan Snow grippingly describes the events that would reshape North America and, eventually, change the British Empire forever. Death or Victory is history—military, political and human history—told on an epic and thrilling scale.


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