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Death or Victory: The Battle for Quebec and the Birth of Empire

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By (author): Dan Snow

An epic history of the battle of Quebec, the death of General James Wolfe and the beginnings of Britains empire in North America. Military history at its best.

Perched on top of a tall promontory, surrounded on three sides by the treacherous St Lawrence River, Quebec in 1759 Frances capital city in Canada forms an almost impregnable natural fortress. That year, with the Seven Years War raging around the globe, a force of 49 ships and nearly 9,000 men commanded by the irascible General James Wolfe, navigated the river, scaled the cliffs and laid siege to the town in an audacious attempt to expel the French from North America forever.

In this magisterial first solus book, tying into the 250th anniversary of the battle, Dan Snow tells the story of this famous campaign which was to have far-reaching consequences for Britains rise to global hegemony, and the world at large. Snow brilliantly sets the battle within its global context and tells a gripping tale of brutal war quite unlike any fought in Europe, where terrain, weather and native Canadian tribes were as fearsome as any enemy. I never served so disagreeable a campaign as this, grumbled one British commander, it is war of the worst shape.

1759 was, without question, a year in which the decisions of men changed the world forever. Based on original research and told from all perspectives, this is history military, political, human on an epic scale.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 410g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 18 Mar 2010
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780007286218

About Dan Snow

Dan Snow is a young historian who has researched written and presented a number of documentaries on British and world history for the BBC including the BAFTA award-winning Battlefield Britain. He has contributed to BBC History Magazine The Times the Guardian the Express and the Sunday Times. He is a Canadian citizen and is the son of BBC journalist Peter Snow.

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