On 13 September 1759, General James Wolfe, having led the British
troops up the St Lawrence to victory in the Battle of Quebec, died
on the Heights of Abraham. Schama examines this death, and how
Wolfe was made to die again - through the spectacular painting by
Benjamin West, and through the writings of the 19th-century
historian Francis Parkman. Schama's second death concerns Parkman's
uncle, George Parkman of Harvard Medical College, who disappeared
in 1849 in mysterious circumstances and who was rumoured to have
been murdered by a colleague. Through these incidents, Schama sheds
light on the writing of history, the history of history, and the
relationship of 'story' to 'history'.
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