Montcalm and Wolfe
Gelesen von Brendan Stallard
Francis Parkman, Jr.
(4,923 Sterne; 13 Bewertungen)
Francis Parkman (1823-1893) has been hailed as one of America's great nineteenth century historians, along with William Prescott, John Lothrop Motley, George Bancroft, and Henry Adams. He is a master of narrative history and is most known for his "The Oregon Trail" and his seven volume work on the history of the French and English in North America. "Montcalm and Wolfe", the seventh and last volume of the series, covers the conflict between England and France for supremacy in the New World from 1745 to 1884. The Seven Years War (the French and Indian War in the United States) is the denouement of this 200 year struggle with General Wolfe dying on the Plains of Abraham at the moment of victory. - Summary by Richard Carpenter
Preface read by Richard Carpenter; book chapter read by Brendan Stallard.
Part 1: Pioneers of France in the New World
Part 2: The Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century
Part 4: The Old Régime in Canada
Part 5: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
Part 6: Montcalm and Wolfe
Part 7: A Half Century of Conflict
(30 hr 4 min)
Chapters
Bewertungen
HISTORY AS HISTORY OUGHT TO BE DONE
AVID READER
(5 Sterne)
Modern historians lack the time and patience to dissect events as Parkman has done here. Immersing myself in the narrative, I felt the fear of life on the frontier, I suffered the frustration of the early foibles of the war, and I exulted in the daring of Wolfe as he stormed Quebec, the so-called impregnable fortress. I know that Parkman has his detractors, but each of them have personal reasons, not literary or historical. One urges the world to be a papal community, another wanted the new world to be left alone, and still others seek to hide and downplay the ferocity and depravity of the Savage allies of the French. Parkman was thorough, making good use of primary documents to support his assertions. The detractors stand discredited simply because the HISTORICITY of Parkman cannot be denied. A fine reading of a difficult work.
Richard Reed
(5 Sterne)
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