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(Summary by Celine Major) 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]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7071296/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Books</category><copyright>Copyright History Genre</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/061e51bd499af5299dbfb81f4506752f.jpg</url><title>Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/count-frontenac-and-new-france-under-louis-xiv--7071296</link></image><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:10:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Francis Parkman, Jr.</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>History Genre</itunes:name><itunes:email>spreaker58@podcastlibrary.org</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/061e51bd499af5299dbfb81f4506752f.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most notable American historians. 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(Summary by Celine Major) 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>e91ab9dd-87e0-59a9-969f-13d2bbe3644c</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Culprit Fay and Other Poems-Joseph Rodman Drake</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/culprit-fay-and-other-poems-joseph-rodman-drake--74356188</link><description><![CDATA[Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most notable American historians. 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(Summary by Celine Major) 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>14537</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/061e51bd499af5299dbfb81f4506752f.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Tales of Men and Ghosts-Edith Wharton</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tales-of-men-and-ghosts-edith-wharton--74261375</link><description><![CDATA[Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most notable American historians. 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Preface excerpt: The events recounted in this book group themselves in the main about a single figure, that of Count Frontenac, the most remarkable man who ever represented the crown of France in the New World. From strangely unpromising beginnings, he grew with every emergency, and rose equal to every crisis. His whole career was one of conflict, sometimes petty and personal, sometimes of momentous consequence, involving the question of national ascendancy on this continent. NOTE: This audio recording does not include footnotes which mostly refer to the original French sources. They can be found at <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6875" rel="noopener">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6875</a>. 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They can be found at <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6875" rel="noopener">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6875</a>. (Summary by Celine Major) 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>2100</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>conflict,count,france,frontenac,louis,new,parkman,part,unpromising,xiv</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/061e51bd499af5299dbfb81f4506752f.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV - Francis Parkman Jr - Part 1</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/count-frontenac-and-new-france-under-louis-xiv-francis-parkman-jr-part-1--72255568</link><description><![CDATA[Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most notable American historians. 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(Summary by Celine Major) 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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72255568</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 22:53:37 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72255568/count_frontenac_and_new_france_under_louis_xiv_francis_parkman_jr_part_1.mp3" length="272982552" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Francis Parkman, Jr.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most notable American historians. 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