The Great Fortress
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 17, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781419164675
Subjects: American history; History: World; History; History - General History; Canada; Canada - General
First sentence: The fortress of Louisbourg arose not from victory but from defeat; not from military strength but from naval weakness; not from a new, adventurous spirit of attack, but from a half-despairing hope of keeping one last foothold by the sea.