Louisbourg Portraits
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2000
- Category
- General, Social History, Atlantic Provinces
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780771060915
- Publish Date
- Sep 2000
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
Each year, thousands of tourists flock to the Fortress of Louisbourg on the coast of Cape Breton Island to visit the reconstruction of part of the original eighteenth-century fort and town. Using the same records, diaries, letters, and charts that were used to recreate the site, Moore restores to vivid life five people who actually walked the streets of the colony over two hundred years ago. First published in 1982, this bestselling book of fascinating true stories represents what historian Desmond Morton calls “social history as it should be written.”
About the author
CHRISTOPHER MOORE is the author of numerous history books for adults and young readers including 1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal, McCarthy Tetrault: Building Canada’s Premier Law Firm, and Louisbourg Portraits. He is winner of the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction and co-author of The Illustrated HiStory of Canada. Christopher lives in Toronto with his wife and their two daughters.
Editorial Reviews
“As diverting as any novel.”
–Calgary Herald
“If any single book can develop an interest in Canadian history…this is surely the one. Quite simply, [this] is a tour de force.”
–Atlantic Provinces Book Review
