From the acclaimed biographer and historian Conrad Black comes the definitive history of Canada - a revealing, groundbreaking account of the people and events that shaped a nation. The first of three volumes, spanning from the year 1603 to 1867, and beginning with Canada's first inhabitants and the early explorers, this masterful history challenges our perception of Canadian history and Canada's role in the world, taking on sweeping themes and vividly recounting the story of Canada's development from colony to dominion to country.