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Author : William Templeton WAUGH
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (17 download)
Download or read book James Wolfe, Man and Soldier. [With Maps and Plates, Including Portraits.]. written by William Templeton WAUGH and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Templeton Waugh
Publisher : Montreal, New York : L. Carrier & Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book James Wolfe, Man and Soldier written by William Templeton Waugh and published by Montreal, New York : L. Carrier & Company. This book was released on 1928 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It has recently been stated, on high authority, that 'there is scarcely a place for another life' of Wolfe; and I am fully aware of my rashness in writing this book. But, if we except Mrs. Wolfe-Aylward's Pictorial life of James Wolfe, which did not claim to be more than a commentary on its admirable illustrations, no biography of Wolfe has appeared for eighteen years. Meanwhile, newly-discovered evidence of great interest has shed fresh light on his character and exploits, and has been summarised and discussed in scattered articles or in books which are primarily concerned with other subjects. It seemed to me therefore that I was warranted in making an attempt to set down what scholarship now permits us to say and think about him"--Preface.
Author : Stephen Brumwell
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781852855536
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Paths of Glory written by Stephen Brumwell and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ugly, gangling, and tormented by agonising illness, Major General James Wolfe was an unlikely hero. Yet in 1759, on the Plains of Abraham before Quebec, he won a battle with momentous consequences. Wolfe's victory, bought at the cost of his life, ensured that English, not French, would become the dominant language in North America. Ironically, by crippling French ambitions on that continent, Wolfe paved the way for American independence from Britain. Just thirty-two years old when he was killed in action, Wolfe had served in the British army since his mid-teens, fighting against the French in Flanders and Germany, and the Jacobites in Scotland. Already renowned for bold leadership, Wolfe's death at the very moment of his victory at Quebec cemented his heroic status on both sides of the Atlantic. Epic paintings of Wolfe's dying moments transformed him into an icon of patriotic self-sacrifice, and a role model for Horatio Nelson. Once venerated as the very embodiment of military genius and soldierly modesty, Wolfe's reputation has recently undergone sustained assault by revisionist historians who instead see him as a bloodthirsty and priggish young man, a general who owned his name and fame to one singularly lucky - though crucial - victory. But was there more to James Wolfe than a celebrated death? In Paths of Glory, the first full-length biography of Wolfe to appear in almost half a century, Stephen Brumwell seeks to answer that question, drawing upon extensive research to offer a reassessment of a soldier whose short but dramatic life unquestionably altered the course of world history.
Author : Robert Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Life of Major-General James Wolfe written by Robert Wright and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Templeton Waugh
Publisher : Montreal, New York : L. Carrier & Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book James Wolfe, Man and Soldier written by William Templeton Waugh and published by Montreal, New York : L. Carrier & Company. This book was released on 1928 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It has recently been stated, on high authority, that 'there is scarcely a place for another life' of Wolfe; and I am fully aware of my rashness in writing this book. But, if we except Mrs. Wolfe-Aylward's Pictorial life of James Wolfe, which did not claim to be more than a commentary on its admirable illustrations, no biography of Wolfe has appeared for eighteen years. Meanwhile, newly-discovered evidence of great interest has shed fresh light on his character and exploits, and has been summarised and discussed in scattered articles or in books which are primarily concerned with other subjects. It seemed to me therefore that I was warranted in making an attempt to set down what scholarship now permits us to say and think about him"--Preface.
Author : Edward Salmon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book General Wolfe written by Edward Salmon and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Granville Bradley
Publisher : London ; New York : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Wolfe written by Arthur Granville Bradley and published by London ; New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1895 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathleen Winter
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0345810139
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (458 download)
Download or read book Lost in September written by Kathleen Winter and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of Canada's most exciting writers comes a gripping, compassionate and stunning novel that overturns and rewrites history. Enter the world of Jimmy—a tall, red-haired, homeless thirty-something ex-soldier, battered by PTSD—as he camps out on the streets of modern-day Montreal, trying to remember and reclaim his youth. While his past is something of an enigma, even to himself, the young man bears a striking resemblance to General James Wolfe, "Conqueror of Canada" and "Hero of Quebec," who died on the Plains of Abraham in 1759. As a young soldier in his twenties, the historical James Wolfe (1727-1759) was granted a short and much longed-for leave to travel to Paris to study poetry, music and dance—three of his passions. But in that very year, 1752, the British Empire abandoned the Julian calendar for the Gregorian, and every citizen of England lost eleven days: September 2 was followed by September 14. These lost eleven days happened to occur during the period that Wolfe had been granted for his leave. Despondent and bitter, he never got the chance to explore his artistic bent, and seven short years later, on the anniversary of this foreshortened leave, he died on the Plains of Abraham. Now, James is getting his eleven days back . . . but instead of the salons of 18th century Paris, he's wandering the streets of present-day Montreal and Quebec City, not as "the Hero of Quebec" but as a damaged war veteran wracked with anguish. Much like George Saunders in Lincoln in the Bardo, award-winning author Kathleen Winter takes a brief, intensely personal incident in the life of a famous historical figure, and using her incomparable gifts as a fiction writer, powerfully reimagines him. Here is a wrenching, unforgettable portrait—like none you have ever seen or read—of one of the most well-known figures in Canadian history.
Author : Andrew Bell
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3375121849
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (751 download)
Download or read book General James Wolfe, his Life and Death written by Andrew Bell and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.
Author : Francis Parkman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Francis Parkman's Works written by Francis Parkman and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : New York : Cooper Square Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815410164
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Wolfe at Quebec written by Christopher Hibbert and published by New York : Cooper Square Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last year in the life of British general James Wolfe.
Author : James R. Hannibal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781621841975
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Wolf Soldier written by James R. Hannibal and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fate of the Dragon Lands are at play The knights of the Lightraider Order disappeared nearly two generations past. Now, the Keledan have withdrawn behind their barriers, and the Dragon Lands of bordering Tanelethar are overrun with dark oppression. The people are living in disobedience to the Rescuer who freed them long ago. A shepherd boy, Connor Enarian, and four young initiates rekindle the fires of the Lightraider Order in the hope of striking out across the mountains into Tanelethar to destroy a portal and stop an impending invasion. Once in the Dragon Lands, Connor learns that the key to success lies with a missing Lightraider spy and his lifelong companion, a talking silver wolf. Can Connor and his friends find the spy before the portal grows too large to destroy? Or will a local young woman--or Connor's own family history--betray them? The dangers and secrets of Tanelethar test both trust and loyalty, and to save his homeland, Connor may have to sacrifice his innermost dreams.
Author : Joanne Major
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 147386352X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book A History of the Dukes of Bolton, 1600–1815 written by Joanne Major and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-ever account of one of the United Kingdom’s foremost ducal families and a history of the times in which they lived. Discover over two hundred years of fascinating history relating to one of Great Britain’s foremost aristocratic dynasties, the (Orde-) Powletts, for several generations the Dukes of Bolton. The family motto, Love Loyalty, references their devotion to the monarchy, but it applies equally to their hearts. Willing to risk all in the pursuit of love, this is the previously untold story of the Dukes of Bolton and their ancestors—the men and women who shaped the dynasty, their romances, triumphs, foibles, and tragedies.
Author : Douglas Reeman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493071653
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Deep Silence written by Douglas Reeman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: March 1967: HMS Temeraire is Britain’s latest and most advanced nuclear submarine. But when the Temeraire’s trials are cut short and she is ordered to the Far East to reinforce the British fleet against a threat from Red China, Captain David Jermain knows that this is no routine exercise in flag-waving. And once in Asian waters, he and his submarine find themselves involved in a hidden, undeclared conflict beneath the sea. While the politicians on land haggle over a situation that could hold the seeds of a full-scale war, Commander Jermain must keep his faith in himself and in his new ship’s potential—even when ordered to take the Temeraire to the edge of a catastrophe.
Author : Beckles Willson
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230216720
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (167 download)
Download or read book The Life and Letters of James Wolfe written by Beckles Willson and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... XII WAITING FOR WAR The orders impatiently expected by the Twentieth and its Lieutenant-Colonel never came. For them there was to be no fighting just yet, but instead they were notified that they must shift quarters from Exeter to Winchester. Thither on March 25 arrived Wolfe and his men, the regiment still without a colonel, the appointment not yet having been gazetted. Such of his friends as had access to the King and Commander-in-Chief urged the justice of appointing Lieutenant-Colonel Wolfe to the vacant post, but the King seems to have thought him, as ever, "too young." If only war were declared Wolfe felt confident he could make his way. To His Mother. Winchester, 26 March, 1755. Dear Madam, --Upon my arrival here yesterday I found your letter and I found a very unsatisfactory account of your health in it. The weather has been so uncommonly sharp, that I feared it would affect you, and you have the misfortune to feel all the changes and rudeness of climate that this country is subject to. I can recommend nothing to you, but the same course that you have hitherto pursued; to be good and religious is the only means of quieting the mind under great afflictions, we have no other comfort here below, nor anything else worth our regard. A little more stirring in fair weather, and in a light machine, if you had one, might help you; but the house and a great chair, is death or a life of misery. We are impatient to know whether peace or war is resolved on. If the latter, as we suppose, the troops will probably encamp very soon, to be ready for all purposes. In either case I must go to London for a few days to settle my affairs, and then I shall have the pleasure of being with you. The Marines you speak of, if they do raise any, will be put...
Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466877995
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book A Borrowed Man written by Gene Wolfe and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Borrowed Man: a new science fiction novel from Gene Wolfe, the celebrated author of the Book of the New Sun series. It is perhaps a hundred years in the future, our civilization is gone, and another is in place in North America, but it retains many familiar things and structures. Although the population is now small, there is advanced technology, there are robots, and there are clones. E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person. He is a clone who lives on a third-tier shelf in a public library, and his personality is an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of property, not a legal human. A wealthy patron, Colette Coldbrook, takes him from the library because he is the surviving personality of the author of Murder on Mars. A physical copy of that book was in the possession of her murdered father, and it contains an important secret, the key to immense family wealth. It is lost, and Colette is afraid of the police. She borrows Smithe to help her find the book and to find out what the secret is. And then the plot gets complicated. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : James Webb
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0440334357
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Lost Soldiers written by James Webb and published by Dell. This book was released on 2002-08-27 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once in a great while there comes a novel of such emotional impact and acute insight that it forever changes the way a reader sees a nation or an era. Writing with an unerring sense of suspense and of history experienced firsthand, James Webb takes us on a myth-shattering cultural odyssey deep into the heart of contemporary Vietnam, with a riveting thriller that tells a love story — love for those who perished, for family and friends, and between a soldier and the land where he had always been ready to die. Brandon Condley survived five years of combat as a U.S. Marine only to lose the woman he loved to an enemy assassin. Now he is back in Vietnam, working to recover the remains of unknown American soldiers. On a routine mission, Condley finds a body that doesn’t match its dog tags — a body that propels him into a vortex of violence and intrigue where past and present become one. As the mystery of the dead man unravels, a link is revealed to two well-known killers: “Salt and Pepper,” a pair of treasonous Americans who led a deadly Viet Cong ambush against Condley’s own men. Galvanized by a fresh trail to these long-lost deserters, Condley has finally found a purpose: Under the auspices of his government job, he is going to hunt down the traitors. On his own, he is going to kill them. Condley’s hunt cannot be kept secret from his former enemies, or his friends. And in the shadows that linger from Vietnam’s long season of darkness and terror, he has no way of knowing which side is more dangerous. Surrounding him is an unforgettable cast of characters: Dzung, Condley’s closest friend, a South Vietnamese war hero who might have led his country if his side had won the war, now reduced to driving a cyclo as his family starves in Saigon’s District Four. Colonel Pham, a battle-hardened Viet Cong soldier who lost three children to American bombs. Manh, a cutthroat Interior Ministry official who blackmails Dzung into a mission of murder. The Russian soldier Anatolie Petrushinsky, who left his soul in Vietnam as his empire collapsed around him. And the beautiful Van, Colonel Pham’s daughter, who spurns the scars of war as she pursues her dreams of freedom. As Condley stalks his elusive prey across old battlefields and throughout Eurasia, returning always to the brooding streets of Saigon, his mission — and the odds of his surviving it — grow more precarious with each step he takes toward the truth. Lost Soldiers captures the Vietnam of past and present — its beauty and squalor, its politics and people. Propelled by a page-turning mystery, shot through with adventure and intrigue, it irrevocably transforms our view of that haunted land and brings us as complete an understanding as we will ever have of what happened after the war — and why. No writer today is more qualified to take us into that world than James Webb.
