Chronicles of Canada Volume 11 - The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe


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Any life of Wolfe can be artificially simplified by treating his purely military work as something complete in itself and not as a part of a greater whole. But, since such treatment gives a totally false idea of his achievement, this little sketch, drawn straight from original sources, tries to show him as he really was, a co-worker with the British fleet in a war based entirely on naval strategy and inseparably connected with international affairs of world-wide significance. The only simplification attempted here is that of arrangement and expression. (Author's Note) (2 hr 58 min)

Chapters

01 - The Boy 1727-1741 12:04 Read by Esther
02 - The Young Soldier 1741-1748 20:36 Read by Sibella Denton
03 - The Seven Years' Peace 1748-1755 16:16 Read by Sibella Denton
04 - The Seven Years' War 1756-1763 11:26 Read by T. Wellington
05 - Louisbourg 1758 16:42 Read by Sibella Denton
06 - Quebec 1759 21:44 Read by Esther
07 - Quebec 1759 22:18 Read by Esther
08 - The Plains of Abraham September 13, 1759 25:15 Read by Sarah Jennings
09 - The Plains of Abraham September 13, 1759 23:19 Read by Sarah Jennings
10 - Epilogue The Last Stand 8:22 Read by T. Wellington

Reviews

a truly motivational story.


(5 stars)

well read by divers readers. an insight into the conquest of Canada for England. a stimulating war story. to appreciate it more use a map.