Major-General Wolfe's army scaled the cliffs above St. Lawrence, with the French Canadian capital before them; and in one short sharp exchange of fire, tumbled the Marquis de Montcalm's French army into bloody ruin. This book explores how in just a few minutes, one of the British Army's most consummate professionals decided the fate of a continent.
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Major-General Wolfe's army scaled the cliffs above St. Lawrence, with the French Canadian capital before them; and in one short sharp exchange of fire, tumbled the Marquis de Montcalm's French army into bloody ruin. This book explores how in just a few minutes, one of the British Army's most consummate professionals decided the fate of a continent.
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Embleton, Gerry. New. Covers bright, similar to photo. Spine straight, square and without crease. Binding tight. Spine edges and corners sharp; board edges and corners sharp. Text clean; illustrations excellent. No tanning. No library or remainder marks. SMOKE FREE. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 96 p. Contains: Illustrations. Praeger Illustrated Military History. Audience: Canadian/British History.
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Fine. Some outer edges have minor bumps. Cover has light scratches. Book content is in like new condition. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 96 p. Contains: Illustrations. Praeger Illustrated Military History.
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Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1855326051. All our Osprey books are crisp clean and tight. They may have yellowing or sunning on the spines which is typical of this series. Cover art may vary from our copy to that shown on a site like Amazon-unless the rewrite is a whole new book with a different series number, THE CONTENTS IS THE SAME. Old retail price stickers may be present. Books in our inventory may show light rubbing to finish or light shelf and edge wear (We are an open shop). Worse defects will be noted at the beginning of the description.
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Near Fine. 1855326051. Only slight wear; A bright, solid book in near-fine condition. B&W and colour illustrations and maps throughout; Trade PB; Campaign #121; 9.8 X 7.3 X 0.4 inches; 96 pages; "Osprey's study of the decisive battle of the French and Indian War (1754-1763). 'What a scene! ' wrote Horace Walpole. 'An army in the night dragging itself up a precipice by stumps of trees to assault a town and attack an enemy strongly entrenched and double in numbers! ' In one short sharp exchange of fire Major-General James Wolfe's men tumbled the Marquis de Montcalm's French army into bloody ruin. Sir John Fortescue famously described it as the 'most perfect volley ever fired on a battlefield'. In this book Stuart Reid details how one of the British Army's consummate professionals literally beat the King's enemies before breakfast and in so doing decided the fate of a continent."
