War among the forests, mountains and lakes of North America<br><br>Among British Army historians the reputation of Sir John Fortescue stands virtually without equal. His comprehensive fourteen volume history is a work of unparalleled achievement in its field. Fortescue combines thorough source material research with insightful academic observation of the conduct of the campaigns he describes and of the decisions, errors and strategic and tactical options of their principal protagonists. The Leonaur editors have carefully selected passages from Fortescue''s magnum opus to create a series of books, each focusing on a specific war or campaign.It might rightly be claimed that the Seven Years'' War was the first ''world war.'' Certainly it defined the world as we know it today. It underpinned the expansion the British Empire and ensured that the English language- rather than French-would become the world''s dominant language. The war as it was fought in North America, involving native Ameri
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Sir John Fortescue was arguably the founder of English political science. This convenient volume brings together for the first time new editions of his two major works - In Praise of the Laws of England and The Governance of England - with references...
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First published in 1967. Volume VI, from 1760 to December 1783, The earliest important papers in this volume relate to Lord North's Civil Service accounts (3714, 3715, 3753), the story of which does not end until later than the period embraced in...
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<p>Europe¿s small islands are wonderfully varied. Some are well known: the beautiful Bled Island in Slovenia attracts thousands of visitors. Others, like Snake Island, the subject of a lengthy dispute between Ukraine and Romania, are almost unheard...
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It is the result of extensive research by Pamela Gerrish Nunn, whose work on Pre-Raphaelite women artists has done so much to re-assess the art history of the Victorian period.
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