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Part 1: Pioneers of France in the New World Part 2: The Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century Part 4: The Old Régime in Canada Part 5: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV Part 6: Montcalm and Wolfe Part 7: A Half Century of Conflict]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Books"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="History"/><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>60b5ce96-8afe-5a4f-9d6f-c0da92e35c34</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Henry the Seventh-James Gairdner</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/henry-the-seventh-james-gairdner--74333749</link><description><![CDATA[Francis Parkman (1823-1893) has been hailed as one of America's great nineteenth century historians, along with William Prescott, John Lothrop Motley, George Bancroft, and Henry Adams. 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Part 1: Pioneers of France in the New World Part 2: The Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century Part 4: The Old Régime in Canada Part 5: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV Part 6: Montcalm and Wolfe Part 7: A Half Century of Conflict]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>35758</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>america,carpenterpreface,conflict,france,history,montcalm,parkman,part,stallard,wolfe</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8d3ec4c26d7ebe8000c64df4d381e0df.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Montcalm and Wolfe - Francis Parkman Jr - Part 2</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/montcalm-and-wolfe-francis-parkman-jr-part-2--72255561</link><description><![CDATA[Francis Parkman (1823-1893) has been hailed as one of America's great nineteenth century historians, along with William Prescott, John Lothrop Motley, George Bancroft, and Henry Adams. 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