It was by far the bloodiest, most dramatic, and longest-running war to take place on Canadian soil. Susanna befriends the young ward of Isaac Brock, the famous British general, and in the novel's pivotal scene, she helps buckle on his sword before the Battle of Queenston Heights. Yet the confusion of warfare also opens unexpected doors. Not only does the War of 1812 disrupt Susanna's schooling, but it results in the temporary loss of her best friend and divides loyalties in her own family. In Whispers of War, an intelligently written novel intended for middle readers, Kit Pearson creates a compelling and convincing portrait of a young girl caught up in Britain's prolonged feud with France as it came to be played out in North America.
Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Diary of Susanna Merritt (Dear Canada) Now, with Stone Country, his subject is our nation as a whole. As carefully researched as any weighty tome, but written with the vigour and immediacy of the best kind of fiction, his retellings of our nation’s past have captivated readers coast to coast. and Egotists and Autocrats, his bestselling histories of British Columbia and Canada’s prime ministers, George Bowering introduced us to his inimitable brand of narrative history. Stone Country: An Unauthorized History of Canada by George Bowering Should we continue to starve our military, reduce our humanitarian assistance, dilute our diplomacy, and absent ourselves from global intelligence-gathering? Can we expect to sit at the global table by virtue of our economic power without pursuing a foreign policy worthy of our history, geography, and diversity? With 9/11 and the international “war on terrorism,” the time has come to ask some hard questions. While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World
His detailed and impeccably researched analysis of what actually happened on the battlefield portrays a flexible, innovative army that made a major, and successful, contribution to the defeat of the German forces in just seventy-six days.
Terry Copp challenges and refutes the conventional view that the Canadian contribution to the Battle of Normandy was a 'failure': that the allies won only through the use of 'brute force,' and that the Canadian soldiers and commanding officers were essentially incompetent. US Bestsellers UK Bestsellers France - Meilleurs Ventes Canada Bestsellers Germany Bestsellersįields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandyįields of Fire offers a stunning reversal of accepted military history.
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