Major-General James Wolfe is a unique figure in the pantheon of history’s great generals.
Dying in the very moment of his victory, the posthumous renown he won as “the hero of Quebec” has successfully, if unintentionally, eclipsed everything else about him.
The son of the distinguished General, like so many other young gentlemen of his day Wolfe received his first commission at an early age, embarking on a career in the British Army.
Over his short life he fought in the War of the Austrian Succession, in Scotland during the Jacobite Rebellion, and then on both sides of the Atlantic as the Seven Years’ War erupted.
Despite being prone to illness throughout his life, Wolfe remained an active and restless individual, constantly setting high standards as he endeavoured to push himself, and his men, further than was believed possible.
From his birth in the village of Westerham in Kent to his final moments upon the Plains of Abraham in Canada, Bradley’s biography deftly guides us through the life of this extraordinary soldier, giving due attention to his other — equally credible — achievements.
Arthur Granville Bradley (1850-1943) was an English historian, traveller and biographer. Educated at Trinity College Cambridge, he travelled to the US and spent several years farming in Virginia, before returning to Britain and taking post as a colonial agent. Between 1895 and 1926 he devoted himself to writing, with over twenty books published in this period; ‘Wolfe’, published in 1895, was his first.
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Dying in the very moment of his victory, the posthumous renown he won as “the hero of Quebec” has successfully, if unintentionally, eclipsed everything else about him.
The son of the distinguished General, like so many other young gentlemen of his day Wolfe received his first commission at an early age, embarking on a career in the British Army.
Over his short life he fought in the War of the Austrian Succession, in Scotland during the Jacobite Rebellion, and then on both sides of the Atlantic as the Seven Years’ War erupted.
Despite being prone to illness throughout his life, Wolfe remained an active and restless individual, constantly setting high standards as he endeavoured to push himself, and his men, further than was believed possible.
From his birth in the village of Westerham in Kent to his final moments upon the Plains of Abraham in Canada, Bradley’s biography deftly guides us through the life of this extraordinary soldier, giving due attention to his other — equally credible — achievements.
Arthur Granville Bradley (1850-1943) was an English historian, traveller and biographer. Educated at Trinity College Cambridge, he travelled to the US and spent several years farming in Virginia, before returning to Britain and taking post as a colonial agent. Between 1895 and 1926 he devoted himself to writing, with over twenty books published in this period; ‘Wolfe’, published in 1895, was his first.
Albion Press is an imprint of Endeavour Press, the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
