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France and England in North America is an eight-volume history written by Francis Parkman. The initial volume was initially published in 1851 and the last in 1892. It was well-regarded at the time of publication, and continues to enjoy a reputation both as an excellent historical study and literary masterpiece.
The eight volumes, and the dates of first publication, are:
The series was limited to the period before the Pontiac war.
It embraced the whole story of French colonization in NorthAmerica from the Huguenot colonies of the sixteenth century to the fall of Quebec.
He described the series as including “the whole course of the American conflict between France and England, or in other words, the history of the American forest; for this was the light in which I regarded it.
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