Pierre and Francoise Marin,newly weds, come to Port Royal, Acadia, New France, in 1670 to make a new life for themselves, not realizing the hazards, dangers, and conflicts that lie ahead
The Venturers is the exciting story of Pierre and Francoise Marin, newly weds, who come from the great French seaport of Le Havre to make their home at Port Royal, Acadia, New France.
It is a story of courage, faith, hope, and perseverance as they work to establish in the colony beset by intrigues, dangers of all sorts, and unscrupulous governors and seigneurs.
The book is well researched and historically accurate in its details.
Shanghai Escapist grabs the faint-of-heart right from the get-go and serves up an ultimatum: What would you do if caught in the same circumstances? From the opening scene, the reader is tossed into the maze of daily intrigue as it existed in 1960s-70
A delightfully rare Historical Novel. 85% a biography of a spy, musician, mother and her neice trapped behind German lines in World War I. This background led to a diplomatic post in World War II. Aged 92, Vera disclosed her past life one year before
Tralee, Ireland. September 1948.
An arrogant, and highly agitated, priest arrives home after 40 years.
Days later he's dead. Suicide? Or did his past catch up with him?
