Page de couverture de The Cursed Fortress

The Cursed Fortress

Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures, Book 5

Aperçu

30 jours d'essai gratuit à Audible Standard

Essayez l’abonnement standard gratuitement
Choisissez 1 livre audio par mois dans notre collection contenant plus de 900 000 titres.
Écoutez les livres audio que vous avez sélectionnés tant que vous êtes membre.
Profitez d’un accès illimité à des balados incontournables.
L'abonnement Standard se renouvelle automatiquement au tarif de 8,99 $/mois + taxes applicables après 30 jours. Annulation possible à tout moment.

The Cursed Fortress

Auteur(s): Chris Durbin
Narrateur(s): David Lane Pusey
Essayez l’abonnement standard gratuitement

8,99 $/mois après 30 jours. Annulable en tout temps

Acheter pour 23,18 $

Acheter pour 23,18 $

À propos de cet audio

The French called it La Forteresse Maudite, the Cursed Fortress. Louisbourg stood at the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, massive and impregnable, a permanent provocation to the British colonies. It was Canada’s first line of defence, guarding the approaches to Quebec, from where all New France lay open to invasion. It had to fall before a British fleet could be sent up the St. Lawrence. Otherwise, there would be no resupply and no line of retreat; Canada would become the graveyard of George II’s navy. A failed attempt on Louisbourg in 1757 had only stiffened the government’s resolve; the Cursed Fortress must fall in 1758. Captain Carlisle’s frigate joins the blockade of Louisbourg before winter’s icy grip has eased. Battling fog, hail, rain, frost and snow, suffering scurvy and fevers, and with a constant worry about the wife he left behind in Virginia, Carlisle will face his greatest test of leadership and character yet.

The Cursed Fortress is the fifth of the Carlisle & Holbrooke naval adventures. The series follows the two men through the Seven Years War and into the period of turbulent relations between Britain and her American colonies in the 1760s.

©2019 Chris Durbin Author Ltd. (P)2023 Chris Durbin Author Ltd.
Fiction Fiction de genre Historique Aventure Virginie Guerre
Tout
Les plus pertinents
the narrator needs to learn the pronunciation of numerous places in Nova Scotia..Scaterie Island was utmost..but I've only gotten that far in the book

narrative

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.

The fictional characters and their story that has been connected to the historical facts of the Seven Years War make for an excellent read/listen.

Good historical fiction

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.