{"product_id":"emperor-of-the-north-isbn-9780062026651","title":"Emperor of the North","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bestseller from James Raffan, \u003cem\u003eEmperor of the North\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Sir George Simpson, whose extraordinary life coincided with the success of one of the greatest commercial empires in history: the Hudson’s Bay Company, a vast trading venture that became the world’s oldest continuous commercial enterprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eAt its height in the nineteenth century, the Hudson's Bay Company's trading territory covered three million square miles and spanned the continent. And no one person was more responsible for its success than its larger-than-life governor, the remarkable George Simpson. The illegitimate son of a ne'er-do-well Scottish lawyer, Simpson was a master planner who laid the foundations for the greatest business enterprise of its day, a pompous dandy who was most at home in a canoe, and a man who, while ashamed of his out-of-wedlock birth, sired at least thirteen children with eight different women. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wide cast of characters strides through the pages of this gripping story—frontier entrepreneurs, hardy voyageurs, skilled native trappers, intrepid explorers, impoverished settlers, and lords and ladies of the realm—and George Simpson was at home with all of them. The history of the Bay is that of a country in the making, but it is also a history of the clash between different ways of life in a vast, sparsely populated land far from the crowded cities, counting-houses and imperial ambitions of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Raffan has made a significant contribution to the ever-evolving saga of 19th-century North America.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Raffan handles his history admirably. . .an unflinching yet sympathetic look at an important nation-builder.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this book, James Raffan joins the ranks of Pierre Berton and Peter C. Newman. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarley Mowat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaffan has spun the fetid straw of [George Simpson’s] life into a golden book. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKen McGoogan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA significant contribution to the ever-evolving saga of nineteenth-century North America. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail (Toronto)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaffan handles his history admirably . . . . An unflinching yet sympathetic look at an important nation-builder. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA balanced, well-documented, yet engaging and colourful story. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beaver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . . A wonderful read to be treasured . . . one of those rare books you don’t want to finish. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter C. Newman, The Literary Review of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888012161253,"sku":"NP9780062026651","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062026651.jpg?v=1730227951","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/emperor-of-the-north-isbn-9780062026651","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}