| Description |
333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Childhood, 1727-1741 -- Active service : Flanders and Germany, 1742-1745 -- The "Forty-five" and peace, 1745-1748 -- In command of a regiment : Scotland, 1749-1752 -- Paris and Glasgow, 1752-1753 -- Military routine : England, 1753-1757 -- Success in failure : Rochefort, 1757 -- The Canadian Expedition, 1758 : the voyage to Louisbourg -- The fall of Louisbourg and the harrying of Gasp?, June-October 1758 -- One of Pitt's men, November, 1758-February, 1759 -- The Quebec Expedition : the voyage, February-June, 1759 -- Before Quebec : disappointment, June and July, 1759 -- Before Quebec : defeat and dejection, July and August, 1759 -- The "Desperate Plan", August and September, 1759 -- Victory, September 12 and 13, 1759 -- The sequel |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759.
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Great Britain. Army -- Biography.
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Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Québec Campaign, Québec, 1759.
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Great Britain -- History, Military -- 18th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
29026167 |
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