But in that very year, 1752, the British Empire abandoned the Julian calendar for the Gregorian, and every citizen of England lost eleven days: September 2 was followed by September 14. While his past is something of an enigma, even to himself, the young man bears a striking resemblance to General James Wolfe, Conqueror of Canada and Hero of Quebec, who died on the Plains of Abraham in 1759.Īs a young soldier in his twenties, the historical James Wolfe (1727-1759) was granted a short and much longed-for leave to travel to Paris to study poetry, music and dance-three of his passions. From one of Canada's most exciting writers comes a gripping, compassionate and stunning novel that overturns and rewrites history.Įnter the world of Jimmy-a tall, red-haired, homeless thirty-something ex-soldier, battered by PTSD-as he camps out on the streets of modern-day Montreal, trying to remember and reclaim his youth.
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