We're going to have a mini film festival this weekend to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Plains of Abraham battle. This film (which features sequences from the film below) by Jacques Godbout is described as
Two well-known Quebec artists, a filmmaker and a playwright, look at various aspects of the story of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Whose version should prevail? Is history best served by documentary or fiction?
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Sainte-Foy 1760
Forgot this anniversary the other day. To make up for this here is a blog piece on the Battle including a 15mm wargame of it.
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This is the first stage of an excellent project. This is the corner tower of a recreation of the fort in the movie Drums Along the Mohawk...
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This came out in 1984. Was an excellent addition to a small set of books.
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It's not easy photographing smaller figures but Richard has done an excellent job. These miniatures are excellent. He says 'The...
Dear Sir,
ReplyDeleteHow odd that these Quebecois chaps seem to forget that after 1763 they were the most liberated and protected French in the world? No more feudalism! No more enforced Catholicism ! Mon dieu eh ?
cordially,
David Corbett