{"product_id":"old-quebec-the-fortress-of-new-france-gb-30367","title":"Old Quebec: The Fortress of New France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOld Quebec: The Fortress of New France\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the walled city of Quebec cling more vivid and enduring memories\r\nthan belong to any other city of the modern world. Her foundation\r\nmarked a renaissance of religious zeal in France, and to the people\r\nfrom whom came the pioneers who suffered or were slain for her, she\r\nhad the glamour of new-born empire, of a conquest renewing the glories\r\nof the days of Charlemagne. Visions of a hemisphere controlled from\r\nVersailles haunted the days of Francis the First, of the Grand\r\nMonarch, of Colbert and of Richelieu, and in the sky of national hope\r\nand over all was the Cross whose passion led the Church into the\r\nwilderness. The first emblem of sovereignty in the vast domain which\r\nJacques Cartier claimed for Francis his royal master, was a cross\r\nwhereon was inscribed\nFranciscus Primus, Dei Grati Francorum Rex, Regnat.\nIn spite of cruel neglect due to internal troubles and that European\r\nstrife in which the mother-land was engaged for so many generations,\r\nthe eyes of[Pg xx]\r\nFrenchmen turned to their over-sea dominions with imaginative hope,\r\nwith conviction that the great continent of promise would renew in\r\nFrance the glories that were Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.\r\nHow hard the patriotic colonists strove to retain those territories\r\nwhich Champlain, La Salle, Maisonneuve, Joliet, and so many others won\r\nthrough nameless toil and martyrdom, and how at last the broad lands\r\npassed to another race and another flag, not by fault or folly or lack\r\nof courage of the people, but by the criminal corruption of the ruling\r\nfew, is the narrative which runs through these pages.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 30367 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Bryan, Claude Glennon \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Oct 30, 2009 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributor (Author)\u003c\/b\u003e: Parker, Gilbert, 1862-1932 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bryan, Claude Glennon,1876- \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43219424182429,"sku":"gb-30367-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/30367.jpg?v=1671526315","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/old-quebec-the-fortress-of-new-france-gb-30367","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}