The colonial wars that raged in northeastern America from 1688 until 1760 pitted France, her colonists in New France and Acadia, and her aboriginal First Nations allies against the might of the British Empire, her colonists, militias, and aboriginal allies. One of the most frequently contested areas during these conflicts were the French colony of Acadia and, after its capture by Great Britain in 1710, the new British colony of Nova Scotia. Acadia was the launchpad for frequent French and F...

In this tale of the American Revolution, Bryan Hawkins sees his quiet existence as a farmer at Chignecto, Nova Scotia shattered by a rebellion against the British Authorities. Staying true to his Oath to King George III, Hawkins reprises his role from the French and Indian War as a ranger, now battling the revolutionaries, attempting to prevent a possible First Nations revolt and thwarting plots by the French Crown. Rooted in the colonial history of Eastern Canada and mid-coast Maine, this...

Th e colonial wars that raged in northeastern America from 1688 until 1760 pitted France, her colonists in New France and Acadia, and her aboriginal First Nations allies against the might of the British Empire, her colonists, militias, and aboriginal allies. One of the most frequently contested areas during these confl icts was the French colony of Acadia and, aft er its capture by Great Britain in 1710, the new British colony of Nova Scotia. Acadia was the launchpad for frequent French an...

"In the Jar" unfurls a riveting narrative in eighteenth-century Ireland, where rebellionsimmers and lawlessness prevails. Patrick Finn, a scion of the "Wild Geese," returnsto Ireland from France, plunging headlong into a life fraught with rebellion, highwayrobbery, and the pursuit of elusive freedom. As Patrick becomes a legendary fi gureamong the rebellious Irish, the novel takes us on a rollercoaster of loyalty, love, andbetrayal, painting a vivid ...

The colonial wars that raged in northeastern America from 1688 until 1760 pitted France, her colonists in New France and Acadia, and her aboriginal First Nations allies against the might of the British Empire, her colonists, militias, and aboriginal allies. One of the most frequently contested areas during these conflicts were the French colony of Acadia and, after its capture by Great Britain in 1710, the new British colony of Nova Scotia. Acadia was the launchpad for frequent French and F...

‘’Treaty: A Historical Novel Concerning the Origins of the English-First Nations Covenant of 1725 and its Aftermath’’ explores the historic roots of the Treaty of 1725 – the first Treaty inclusive of both the Mi’kmaq and the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and applicable to our Maritime Provinces. Utilizing a mixture of fictional and historical characters, the novel indicates how the English-First Nations conflict known as ‘’Father Rale’s War’’ resulted in the Treaty of 1725 among its weary combat...

The story revolves around a First Nations soldier (Maliseet) who joins the Royal Canadian Artillery and is stationed overseas during World War II, fighting in both Italy and Northwest Europe. While in the United Kingdom he meets, then marries, a British girl who as a ‘war bride’ sails to Canada in 1946. The pair set up housekeeping on a First Nations reserve in northwestern New Brunswick and the story follows them and their family through their trials and tribulations both at Maliseet, New...

“THUNDERCLAP: The Coming Struggle for Acadia” is a fictional tale set during King George’s War in America (an offshoot of the War of the Austrian Succession in Europe, 1740 – 1748) and its aftermath. It tells the story of how two military officers – one who is French and one British- are caught up in events leading to the so-called French and Indian War in the theatre of Acadia, 1755-1763. The French officer, a Lieutenant André, finds himself serving in the increasingly desperate effort to...

A three-part story examining how French, British, First Nations and Colonial Americans vied for control of the strategic Colony of "Nova Scotia" (formerly French "Acadia") during the 18th Century. This 'trilogy' of tales is mainly seen through the eyes of British merchant seaman, Bryan Hawkins, captured by the French, released to the British and eventually electing to serve with a tough corps of colonial rangers serving British forces. He falls in love with an Acadian farm girl who he weds...

Barbara W. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War.In The First Salute, one of America’s consummate historians crafts a rigorously original view of the American Revolution. Barbara W. Tuchman places the Revolution in the context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland, demonstrating ...

In the tradition of Margaret MacMillan’s Paris 1919 comes a new consideration of Canada’s most famous war and the Treaty of Ghent that unsatisfactorily concluded it, from one of this country’s premier military historians.In the Canadian imagination, the War of 1812 looms large. It was a war in which British and Indian troops prevailed in almost all of the battles, in which the Americans were unable to hold any of the land they fought for, in which a young woman nam...

The national bestseller that tells the story of Wolfe and Montcalm and the Plains of AbrahamIn September 1759, a small band of British troops led by James Wolfe scaled the tall cliff overlooking a farmer’s field owned by Abraham Martin and overpowered the French garrison that protected the area, allowing the bulk of the British army to ascend the cliff behind and attack the French who, led by Louis-Joseph Montcalm, were largely unaware of Wolfe’s tactics. The battl...