Paths of Glory: The Life and Death of General James Wolfe by Brumwell, Stephen

London: Hambledon Continuum, 2006. First Edition. hardcover. Good/very good. 8vo. pp. xxiii 406.""In 1759 General James Wolfe was killed at Quebec, winning the battle that decided the fate of North America. Just thirty-two years old, Wolfe became a popular hero, immortalised in epic paintings. During the past half century, however, his reputation has waned under assault by critics who see him as a bloodthirsty and…

Hambledon / Continuum Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1852855533 . Stiff unmarked book in glossy dust jacket. About new; 5.5 X 1 X 8.75 inches; 288 pages; Was there more to James Wolfe than a celebrated death? In Paths of Glory, the first full-length biography of Wolfe to appear in almost half a century, Stephen Brumwell seeks to answer that question, drawing upon extensive research to offer a reassessment of a soldier whose short but dramatic life unquestionably altered the course of world history. .