Dive into the heart of 1759 with D. Peter MacLeod’s *Northern Armageddon: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham and the Making of the American Revolution*. This gripping historical account dissects the pivotal battle that reshaped North America, exploring not just the military strategies and key figures like Wolfe and Montcalm, but also the societal and political undercurrents that led to this clash of empires. MacLeod goes beyond a simple retelling of the battle, examining its profound influence on the subsequent American Revolution and the birth of Canada. Through meticulous research and a focus on individual experiences, *Northern Armageddon* brings the past to life, offering a fresh perspective on a defining moment in history. Discover how a twenty-minute battle echoed through the ages, forever altering the landscape of nations. Published by Knopf, this hardcover edition offers a compelling narrative for history buffs and anyone seeking to understand the roots of modern North America.
Northern Armageddon: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham and the Making of the American Revolution
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A huge, ambitious re-creation of the eighteenth-century Battle of the Plains of Abraham, the pivotal battle in the Seven Years War (17541763) to win control of the trans-Appalachian region of North America, a battle consisting of the British and American colonists on one side and the French and the Iroquois Confederacy on the other, and leading directly to the colonial War of Independence and the creation of Canada.
It took five years of warfare fought on three continentsEurope, Asia, and North Americato bring the forces arrayed against one anotherBritain, Prussia, and Hanover against France, Austria, Sweden, Saxony, Russia, and Spain (Churchill called it the first world war)to the plateau outside Quebec City, on September 13, 1759, on fields owned a century before by a fisherman named Abraham Martin . . . It was the final battle of a three-month siege by the British Army and Navy of Quebec, the walled city that controlled access to the St. Lawrence River and the continents entire network of waterways; a battle with the British utilizing 15,000 soldiers, employing 186 ships, with hundreds of colonists aboard British warships and transports from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, with France sending in a mere 400 reinforcements in addition to its 3,500 soldiers.
The battle on the Plains of Abraham lasted twenty minutes, and at its finish the course of a continent was changed forever . . . New military tactics were used for the first time against standard European formations . . . Generals Wolfe and Montcalm each died of gunshot wounds . . . France surrendered Quebec to the British, setting the course for the future of Canada, paving the way for the signing of the Treaty of Paris that gave the British control of North America east of the Mississippi, and forcing France to relinquish its claims on New Orleans and to give the lands west of the Mississippi to Spain for surrendering Florida to the British.
After the decisive battle, Britains maritime and colonial supremacy was assured, its hold on the thirteen American colonies tightened. The American participation in ousting the French as a North American power spurred the confidence of the people of New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, who began to agitate for independence from Great Britain. Sixteen years later, France, still bitter over the loss of most of its colonial empire, intervened on behalf of the patriots in the American Revolutionary War (17751783).
In Northern Armageddon, Peter MacLeod, using original researchdiaries, journals, letters, and firsthand accountsand bringing to bear all of his extensive knowledge and grasp of warfare and colonial North American history, tells the epic story on a human scale. He writes of the British at Quebec through the eyes of a masters mate on one of the ships embroiled in the battle. And from the French perspective, as the British bombarded Quebec, of four residents of the citya priest, a clerk, a nun, and a notarycaught in the crossfire.
MacLeod gives us as well the large-scale ramifications of this clash of armies, not only on the shape of North America, but on the history of Europe itself.
A stunning work of military history.
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