Built on Cape Breton Island to guard the sea road to New France, Louisbourg was taken in 1745 by New England volunteers under William Pepperrell with Commodore Warren’s fleet, handed back by treaty, and besieged again in 1758 by Amherst and Wolfe. Wood tells its whole story, from the founding to the demolition.
A brisk volume of the Chronicles of Canada series, ideal for readers of colonial warfare. Download the free EPUB.