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Paths of Glory: The Life and Death of General James Wolfe | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephen Brumwell
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1588390
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0773533702
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9780773533707
ASIN: 0773533702
Publication Date: March 1, 2008
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 Nice October 5, 2007
Very well-done book; good background too on the events Wolfe was involved in as well, esp. the '45 in Scotland. Well written.
 A First Class Biography August 29, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Stephen Brumwell's biography of General James Wolfe is a top notch read for those interested in the man behind one of the most decisive battles in North American history. Through extensive research, Mr. Brumwell delves into the known facts, testimony and controversy surrounding this determined and inspirational leader and gets as close as anyone can to the truth, heart and life of General James Wolfe. As I read the book I felt I got to know Wolfe as a real person--through his hopes, desires, disappointments, doubts and courage during his short lived life leading up to his death on the Plains of Abraham in his "against-all-odds" victory against the French at Quebec. For anyone interested in the history of North America--this is a Must Read! I only hope this book is used as a blueprint for an epic movie about one of the greatest British Generals of the French and Indian War.
Absorbing in-depth chronicle of a pivotal historical figure. June 9, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Paths of Glory: The Life and Death of General James Wolfe is the first full-length biography published in half a century of Major General James Wolfe, a British military hero whose decisive 1759 victory against the French, on the Plains of Abraham before Quebec, ensured that English would become the dominant language of North America. Wolfe paid for his victory with his life; since then he has been enshrined in paintings, praised for his military genius and self-effacing modesty, and reviled by revisionist historians who paint him as bloodthirsty and snooty. Paths of Glory seeks to uncover the truth, as best as historical records and testimonies can deliver, of the chronically ill Wolfe's life and death. An inset handful of color and black-and-white illustrations, notes, and an index round out this absorbing in-depth chronicle of a pivotal historical figure.
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