Montcalm and Wolfe: The Riveting Story of the Heroes of the French & Indian War (Modern Library) - Softcover

Parkman, Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375754202 ISBN 13: 9780375754203

Publisher: Modern Library, 1999

Synopsis

The result of over forty years of passionate research, Montcalm and Wolfe is the epic story of Europe's struggle for dominance of the New World. Centuries of rivalry and greed between the great imperial powers culminated in five brutal years of war; resulted in the death of both generals, Louis de Montcalm and James Wolfe; and ultimately sowed the seeds of the American Revolution, fought a scant seventeen years later. A brilliant work of scholarship as well as a riveting read, Montcalm and Wolfe was thought by many, including the author, to be Parkman's greatest work. It is an essential part of any military history collection.
      
The books in the Modern Library War series have been chosen by series editor Caleb Carr according to the significance of their subject matter, their contribution to the field of military history, and their literary merit.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Parkman...combined faultless research with the narrative powers of a novelist." --Edmund Morris

About the Author:

Francis Parkman was born in Boston in 1823 and is best known for his masterly seven-volume history, France and England in North America, and for the annual prize awarded by the Society of American Historians in his honor. He died in 1893.

Caleb Carr is the bestselling author of the novels The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness, as well as a critically acclaimed biography of an American mercenary, The Devil Soldier. He writes frequently on military history for The New York Times and MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, where he is a contributing editor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Modern Library
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0375754202
• ISBN 13: 9780375754203
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 522