Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
Author: first_name: Francis
last_name: Parkman, Jr.
Language: English
Year: 0

Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series <i>France and England in North America</i> is but one of the masterful narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most notable American historians.<br />
Preface excerpt: The events recounted in this book group themselves in the main about a single figure, that of Count Frontenac, the most remarkable man who ever represented the crown of France in the New World. From strangely unpromising beginnings, he grew with every emergenc