Triquet's Cross: A Study of Military Heroism

by John Macfarlane

In Triquet's Cross John MacFarlane tells the story of Paul Triquet, a French-Canadian soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in the battle for Casa Berardi during the Second World War. One of only thirteen members of the Canadian Armed Forces to be awarded the highest military honour during the war, Triquet was later pressured to resign from the force due to the overwhelming public and political expectations that the award entailed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773535772
• ISBN13: 9780773535770
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"