Death or victory
Subtitle: the Battle of Quebec and the birth of empire
By: Dan Snow
Publisher: Harper Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9780007286201
Subjects: Québec Campaign, Québec, 1759; Plains of Abraham, Battle of the, Québec, 1759; History
Description: An epic history of the battle of Quebec, the death of Wolfe and the beginnings of Britain's empire in North America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Assault on New France; title: 'The enemy are out to destroy everything that calls itself Canada'; title: Mastering the St Lawrence; title: Beachhead; title: First skirmishes; title: A new kind of war; title: 'Trust me, they shall feel us'; title: Competing iedas; title: Defeat at Montmorency; title: 'It is war of the worst shape'; title: 'We find ourselves outnumbered and we fear, out generaled'; title: 'This man must finish with a great effort, and great thunder'; title: The landings; title: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham; title: 'Our rejoicings are not yet over'.