Leckie is a gifted writer with the ability to explain complicated military matters in layperson's terms; while sustaining the drama involved in a life-and-death struggle. His portraits of the key players in that struggle . . . are seamlessly interwoven with his exciting narrative. -Booklist"As always; [Leckie] describes the maneuvers; battles; and results in telling detail with a cinematic style; and his portraits . . . are first-rate."-The Dallas Morning News"Leckie's accounts of battles; important individuals; and the role of Native Americans bring to life the distant drama of the French and Indian Wars."-The Daily ReflectorWith his celebrated sense of drama and eye for colorful detail; acclaimed military historian Robert Leckie charts the long; savage conflict between England and France in their quest for supremacy in pre-Revolutionary America. Packed with sharply etched profiles of all the major players-including George Washington; Samuel de Champlain; William Pitt; Edward Braddock; Count Frontenac; James Wolfe; Thomas Gage; and the nobly vanquished Marquis de Montcalm-this panoramic history chronicles the four great colonial wars: the War of the Grand Alliance (King William's War); the War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War); the War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War); and the decisive French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War). Leckie not only provides perspective on exactly how the New World came to be such a fiercely contested prize in Western Civilization; but also shows us exactly why we speak English today instead of French-and reminds us how easily things might have gone the other way.
#11982 in Books HarperCollins Christian Pub. 2003-07-30 2003-07-30Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.49 x 1.61 x 6.61l; 2.25 #File Name: 07852505061200 pagesISBN13: 9780785250500Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
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