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description: A riveting massively documented epic [that] overturns textbook clichs. This impassioned study throws valuable light on our history.  Publishers Weekly Empire of Fortune focuses on the so-called French and Indian Warthe bitter last-ditch struggle between the British and the French empires in the New World. Challenging traditional historians Francis Jennings reveals in absorbing detail the political and military realities behind the myths.
language: English
title: Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company