This isn't a bad sequel, but it is very predictable. It follows the sisters and adopted daughters of two of the main characters from the first book. So both Nicole and Elizabeth make appearances. But the focus of the book is on Nicole's sister Claudine and adopted Huron daughter Manon, as well as...
Promised to the Crown is the story of three young women who are King's Daughters - women sent to New France (Quebec) to be wives. Each women comes from or is fleeing a different circumstances. Elizabeth fleeing an arranged marriage, Rose to escape froma sitution without end, and Nicole because her...
People who read my reviews know how rarely I do DNF reviews , pretty much never but this crappy book ( no I never judge the book after two chapters either usually) warrants that. Also a note, because I do not follow many people and those few who follow me know some of my background - I am from the...
WWII genre books are one; if not the #1 genre I read. I am adding this one to my favorites list. This novel educated me to events I was not aware of. Learning about the Night Witches of Russia was fascinating. Accurate historical research if very important to me and this was spot on. I will definit...
1667 Louis XIV's colony in Canada needs women. Surrounded by the British, the King needs to tie his settlers to the land with farms, wives, and children to defend in the event their enemies should invade. The King's ministers advised a plan by which young, strong women of good character would be...
Between 1663 and 1673 approximately 800 women emigrated to Canada to marry and have children to protect the land for King Louis XIV from any country trying to steal the land from him. The 'New France' was mostly populated by men and natives. The women known as filles du roi, meaning that the women w...
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