Death or Victory: The Battle for Quebec and the Birth of EmpireAn epic history of the battle of Quebec, the death of Wolfe and the beginnings of Britains empire in North America. Military history at its best. Perched on top of a tall promontory, surrounded on three sides by the treacherous St Lawrence River, Quebec in 1759 France's capital city in Canada forms an almost impregnable natural fortress. That year, with the Seven Years War raging around the globe, a force of 49 ships and nearly 9,000 men commanded by