QUEBEC 1759 - The Siege and the Battle by Stacey, C. P - 1973

London: Pan Books, 1973. (xxii) 216 pp. From the British Battles Series. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside; no other interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. A hazardous and daring plan by the frail, young James Wolfe brought his redcoats to their rendezvous with Britain's imperial destiny on the Plains of Abraham. There, General Montcalm on his black charger led the silk colours of his white-coated French against the scarlet of the British infantry. Both these gallant commanders were fatally wounded in this historical turning point. The Chapters are: Two Hundred Years of History; Dramatis Personae; The Fortress; May and June: Contact; July: Montmorency; August: Skirmishing Cruelty and Devastation; The British Change Direction; The 13th of September: Approach; The 13th of September: Battle; and The Fall of Canada; followed by Postscript: Generalship at Quebec 1759; Appendix One: Wolf's Correspondence with the Brigadiers; Appendix Two: Wolfe's Dispatch to Pitt; and an index.. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Book.