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(WARBURTON, George Drought)
The Conquest of Canada. By the Author of "Hochelaga"
London Richard Bentley 1849, 2 vols. xxxi, 432; 508 p. 23 cm. 2 frontis. portraits. 1st ed. Hardcover. Both volumes rebacked. Corners worn, some foxing. Presentation copy signed by the author to Lady Duff Gordon. She was an author and translator (1821-1869), whose house in London was a rendezvous for English and foreign writers and celebrities. (DNB). Sabin 101274. TPL 8039. The Oxford Comp. to Cdn. History calls Warburton 'the most serious of all the military commentators in the period after 1840. He was an artillery officer who served in Canada from 1844 to 1846. In The Conquest of Canada he 'provided a good narrative history and showed an awareness that the basic difference between the British and French colonial systems was an important factor in the struggle for control of the continent'.
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