Chronicles of Canada Volume 8 - The Great Fortress : A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Chronicles of Canada Volume 8 - The Great Fortress : A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760, credited to William Wood, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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Librivox recording of The Great Fortress : A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760. Louisbourg was no mere isolated stronghold which could be lost or won without affecting the wider issues of oversea dominion. On the contrary, it was a necessary link in the chain of waterside posts which connected France with America by way of the Atlantic, the St Lawrence, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi. But since the chain itself and all its other links, and even the peculiar relation of Louisbourg to the Acadians and the Conquest, have been fully described elsewhere in the Chronicles of Canada, the present volume only tries to tell the purely individual tale. (Summary from Book preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Chronicles of Canada Volume 8 - The Great Fortress : A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760
• Author credits: William Wood
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 2:49:26

Catalogue topics

• Canada
• History
• William Wood

Track guide

1. 01 - The Last Sea Link With France — 31:24
2. 02 - The Sea Link Lost - 1745 — 59:10
3. 03 - The Link Recovered — 19:48
4. 04 - Lost Forever — 53:08
5. 05 - Annihilation — 5:58

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