James Wolfe, Man and SoldierL. Carrier & Company, 1928 - 333 sider "It has recently been stated, on high authority, that 'there is scarcely a place for another life' of Wolfe; and I am fully aware of my rashness in writing this book. But, if we except Mrs. Wolfe-Aylward's Pictorial life of James Wolfe, which did not claim to be more than a commentary on its admirable illustrations, no biography of Wolfe has appeared for eighteen years. Meanwhile, newly-discovered evidence of great interest has shed fresh light on his character and exploits, and has been summarised and discussed in scattered articles or in books which are primarily concerned with other subjects. It seemed to me therefore that I was warranted in making an attempt to set down what scholarship now permits us to say and think about him"--Preface. |
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... never been obliterated.1 As he was expected to return in two years , no successor was at first ap- pointed . But he was away much longer and never went back to the Twentieth , so that Wolfe had nothing to do with him until long ...
... never been obliterated.1 As he was expected to return in two years , no successor was at first ap- pointed . But he was away much longer and never went back to the Twentieth , so that Wolfe had nothing to do with him until long ...
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... never heard . When Wolfe reached Stirling , he was confronted with an extremely difficult and delicate task . It was hard enough for a man of twenty - two to be called upon to take command of a regiment whose officers were nearly all ...
... never heard . When Wolfe reached Stirling , he was confronted with an extremely difficult and delicate task . It was hard enough for a man of twenty - two to be called upon to take command of a regiment whose officers were nearly all ...
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... never used a wig thereafter ; in his last years he some- times wore one , sometimes not . He was never a dandy , but he was not slovenly in his dress , which is frequently mentioned in his letters to his mother . - - Though Wolfe's ...
... never used a wig thereafter ; in his last years he some- times wore one , sometimes not . He was never a dandy , but he was not slovenly in his dress , which is frequently mentioned in his letters to his mother . - - Though Wolfe's ...
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