“Montcalm and Wolfe, The French & Indian War” by Francis Parkman first published in 1884. My copy was published in 1984, 590 pages. Parkman also wrote several other books about the French and Indian War, or, the Seven Years War as it is referred to by the Europeans.
I must admit I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Parkman does a great job of painting the character of the various participants of the French and Indian War. There are lots of maps and pictures of the various Generals and political leaders mentioned in the book. While most of the book is concentrated on the North American part of the war, Parkman includes some details about the European leaders their motivations and how their motivations affected their decisions concerning the war in America.
You need to remember this book was written in 1884 and is not political correct in today’s world. Parkman routinely refers to Native Americans as savages. Indeed from the descriptions of how they killed the wounded, women, children and at times, ate some of their victims you can understand why they were called savages. At other times they treated their captives with great care and kindness. While I prefer to read primary sources (firsthand accounts) they only provide the part of the war that that person was involved in while this book provides a good over arching view of the war that is essential to understanding how it all fits together and indeed how it affects the world today.
I would give this book four stars it only missed five stars because the sometimes the long winded prose of the time is a little too much for me.
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