Colonial America
Gift of the Bear
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In November of 1755 large numbers of French-speaking Acadians were being exiled from the northern colony of Nova Scotia to Massachusetts. They were not ...Read Review
The Chambermaid
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Set in 1564, this slim novel tells the story of Ellie (accent on the last syllable), a teenage farm girl from France, who becomes ...Read Review
The Depopulation
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In the wilderness of 17th-century Brazil, two Spanish Jesuit priests—the intense and mystical Father Ruiz and his assistant, Father Maceta—work to ...Read Review
When Royal Heads Are Hunted
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In 1566, a Spanish ship sighted off the coast of southwest Florida by the native Calusa people sets off a series of unfolding and ...Read Review
A Storm Coming
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Set in the coastal plains of the British colony of North Carolina from 1710 to 1712, Chuck Locklear’s novel is based on historical Native ...Read Review
Evangeline’s Journey
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetry largely fell out of high school curricula long ago, but his poem “Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie” has ...Read Review
Tethered Spirits
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In 1750s Nova Scotia, the British and French fight for North American dominance while the indigenous Mi’kmaq are pushed off their native ...Read Review
The Lost Seigneur: A Chateau Laux Odyssey
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In this complex and beautifully written novel that takes place in both colonial America and southwestern France, David Loux explores the meaning of ...Read Review
Passion’s Duty: Romance and the American Ranger, Book One
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Set in the New York Colony in 1755, amid the French and Indian War, Passion’s Duty places its romance firmly within a landscape ...Read Review
Anneke Jans in the New World
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Anneke Jans arrives in the New World from Europe in 1630 with her husband Roelof and their children. They are part of a group ...Read Review
