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Empire of Fortune

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by Francis Jennings

Empire of Fortune focuses on the so-called “French and Indian War”—the bitter last-ditch struggle between the British and the French empires in the New World. Challenging traditional historians, Francis Jennings reveals in absorbing detail the political and military realities behind the myths.

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— Francis Jennings, Empire of Fortune