Montcalm And Wolfe: The French And Indian War - Softcover

Parkman, Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306810778 ISBN 13: 9780306810770

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2001

Synopsis

Montcalme and Wolfe frames the war years through the lives of its two brilliant opposing generals. Weaving together the campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic. Parkman travels from opulent royal courts to muddy colonial fields, from Fort Necessity to the Plains of Abraham. He couples impeccable history with rich insightful narration, revealing the war as a deeply personal conflict between Louis de Montcalm and James Wolfe, the two ambitious leaders who ultimately died heroes' deaths on the frontlines. Accompanied by over forty detailed maps and illustrations—some selected specially for this edition—Parkman's timeless work shows how the enormous transfer of land from France to England at the war's end sowed the first seeds of colonialism—seeds that, in the due course, led America to its revolution, and eventually, its independence.

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From the Inside Flap:

The result of over forty years of passionate research, Montcalm and Wolfe is the epic story of Europe's struggle for dominance of the New World. Centuries of rivalry and greed between the great imperial powers culminated in five brutal years of war; resulted in the death of both generals, Louis de Montcalm and James Wolfe; and ultimately sowed the seeds of the American Revolution, fought a scant seventeen years later. A brilliant work of scholarship as well as a riveting read, Montcalm and Wolfe was thought by many, including the author, to be Parkman's greatest work. It is an essential part of any military history collection.
      
The books in the Modern Library War series have been chosen by series editor Caleb Carr according to the significance of their subject matter, their contribution to the field of military history, and their literary merit.

From the Back Cover:

"Parkman...combined faultless research with the narrative powers of a novelist." --Edmund Morris

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0306810778
• ISBN 13: 9780306810770
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 640