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Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV

Francis Parkman, Jr. (1823 - 1893)

Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most notable American historians.
Preface excerpt: The events recounted in this book group themselves in the main about a single figure, that of Count Frontenac, the most remarkable man who ever represented the crown of France in the New World. From strangely unpromising beginnings, he grew with every emergency, and rose equal to every crisis. His whole career was one of conflict, sometimes petty and personal, sometimes of momentous consequence, involving the question of national ascendancy on this continent.
NOTE: This audio recording does not include footnotes which mostly refer to the original French sources. They can be found at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6875. (Summary by Celine Major)

Part 1: Pioneers of France in the New World
Part 2: The Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century
Part 4: The Old Régime in Canada
Part 5: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
Part 6: Montcalm and Wolfe
Part 7: A Half Century of Conflict

Genre(s): History

Language: English

Group: Parkman - France and England in North America

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Celine Major	00:05:12
Play 01	Chapter I ''1620 - 1672 Count and Countess Frontenac'' - Chapter II ''1672 - 1675 Frontenac at Quebec''	Celine Major	00:33:41
Play 02	Chapter III ''1673 - 1675 Frontenac and Perrot''	Celine Major	00:24:14
Play 03	Chapter IV ''1675 - 1682 Frontenac and Duchesneau''	Celine Major	00:37:58
Play 04	Chapter V ''1682 - 1684 Lefevre de la Barre''	Celine Major	00:22:44
Play 05	Chapter VI ''1684 La Barre and the Iroquois''	Celine Major	00:37:10
Play 06	Chapter VII ''1685-1687 Denonville and Dongan''	Celine Major	00:31:16
Play 07	Chapter VIII ''1687 Denonville and the Senecas''	Celine Major	00:23:32
Play 08	Chapter IX ''1687 - 1689 The Iroquois Invasion''	Celine Major	00:34:21
Play 09	Chapter X ''1689 - 1690 Return of Frontenac''	Celine Major	00:30:38
Play 10	Chapter XI ''1690 The Three War-Parties''	Celine Major	00:33:22
Play 11	Chapter XII ''1690 Massachusetts Attacks Quebec''	Celine Major	00:35:33
Play 12	Chapter XIII ''1690 Defence of Quebec''	Celine Major	00:31:41
Play 13	Chapter XIV ''1690 - 1694 The Scourge of Canada''	Celine Major	00:42:19
Play 14	Chapter XV ''1691 - 1695 An Interlude''	Celine Major	00:24:24
Play 15	Chapter XVI ''1690 - 1694 The War in Acadia''	Celine Major	00:45:41
Play 16	Chapter XVII ''1690 - 1697 New France and New England''	Celine Major	00:22:41
Play 17	Chapter XVIII ''1693 - 1697 French and English Rivalry''	Celine Major	00:28:03
Play 18	Chapter XIX ''1696 - 1698 Frontenac Attacks the Onondagas''	Celine Major	00:24:14
Play 19	Chapter XX ''1698 Death of Frontenac'' and Chapter XXI ''1699 - 1701 Conclusion''	Celine Major	00:34:59

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