Grab Instantly Endgame 1758: The Promise, The Glory, And The Despair Of Louisbourg's Last Decade Imagined By A.J.B. Johnston Released Through Hardcover

story of what happened at the colonial fortified town of Louisbourg betweenandis one of the great dramas of the history of Canada, indeed North America, The French stronghold on Cape Breton Island, strategically situated near the entrance to the Gulf of St, Lawrence, was from soon after its founding a major possession in the quest for empire, The dramatic military and social history of this shortlived and significant fortress, seaport, and community, and the citizens who  made it their home, are woven together in A, J. B. Johnstons gripping biography of the colonys final decade, presented from both French and British perspectives,  
Endgame is a tale of two empires in collision on the shores of mideighteenthcentury Atlantic Canada, where rival European visions of predominance clashed headlong with each other and with the regions Aboriginal peoples.
The magnitude of the struggle and of its uncertain outcome colored the lives of Louisbourgs inhabitants and the nearly thirty thousand combatants arrayed against it, The entire history comes to life in a tale of what turned out to be  the first major British victory in the Seven Years War, How and why the French colony ended the way it did, not just in June and July, but over the decade that preceded the siege, is a littleknown and compelling story.
Wellwritten history of the end of Louisborg from a French perspective In the first half of theth century, French America had been reduced to Quebec, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton Island.
Determined to hold on, the French at great expense built the modern Vaubanstyle stone fortified town of Louisbourg on CBI to protect their fisheries and their access to Quebec.
But without a settled hinterland to support it, or a fleet that could drive off the British fleet and supply it, it was doomed, When the Seven Year's War rolled around, the British assembled their largest expedition ever in North America, landed over,troops, brought up cannon, made a practicable breach, and obtained the town's surrender.
This book tells the story quite competently, but it offers little excitement to the reader, just the growing inevitability of defeat and the deepening atmosphere of gloom as the French watch the storm clouds gather.
The defense itself is not disgraceful, but neither does it offer any notable or thrilling heroism, determination, effort, or ingenuity, The most interesting thing about it is perhaps that it is almost forgotten in America, although it was a major effort and widely celebrated victory in the Colonies at the time.
It was overshaddowed by the completion of the conquest of French America the following year, when Wolfe a brigade commander at Louisbourg found death and immortality on the Plains of Abraham.


As a curious postscript, in thes the Canadian government partially rebuilt Louisbourg to relieve unemployment and to provide a tourist attraction out in the middle of nowhere.
I purchased the book at the gift shop

there, The site is really quite well done, with much to see about colonial life in French Canada, and well worth a visit if you're in the area, John or Jay is a Canadian historian and novelist, His website is ajbjohnston. com and he is on Facebook at HistoryandFiction A J B Johnston, Writer, Years as an historian at the Fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island gave John the background to bring theth century alive in his series of Thomas Pichon Novels: Thomas, A Secret Life, The Mazeand Crossings.
There will be one novel to complete the tale, Published by Nimbus inwas Kings of Friday Night: The Lincolns, Its the story of a legendarys Nova Scotia rock n roll band, The author also worked with others to create a aminute micro doc that is a companion to the book, That video is on YouTube at sitelink John or Jay is a Canadian historian and novelist, His website is ajbjohnston. com and he is on Facebook at HistoryandFiction A J B Johnston, Writer, Years as an historian at the Fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island gave John the background to bring theth century alive in his series of Thomas Pichon Novels: Thomas, A Secret Life, The Mazeand Crossings.
There will be one novel to complete the tale, Published by Nimbus inwas "Kings of Friday Night: The Lincolns, " It's the story of a legendarys Nova Scotia rock 'n' roll band, The author also worked with others to create a aminute micro doc that is a companion to the book, That video is on YouTube at sitelink from Acorn Press inwas "Ancient Land, New Land: SkmaqnPort la JoyeFort Amherst NHS," which Johnston co authored with Jesse Francis, Jay's novel "The Hat" took a fresh look at the Acadian Deportation, exploring it through the eyes ofyear old Marie andyear old Charles, "Something True" is a coming of age story of Katharine McLennan, It's set in lateth century and earlyth century Cape Breton and in France during the First World War, In recognition of John's body of work on the history of the French in Atlantic Canada, the French Republic made him a chevalier of the Ordre des palmes académiques.
In, John was Writer in Residence at the Center for the Writing Arts in Fairhope, Alabama, sitelink.