Bride of New France

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Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143180258
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis Bride of New France by : Suzanne Desrochers

Download or read book Bride of New France written by Suzanne Desrochers and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laure Beausejour has grown up in a dormitory in Paris surrounded by prostitutes, the insane, and other forgotten women. She dreams with her best friend, Madeleine, of using her needlework skills to become a seamstress and one day marry a nobleman. But in 1669, Laure is sent across the Atlantic to New France with Madeleine as filles du roi. The girls know little of the place they are being sent to, except for stories of ferocious winters and Indians who eat the hearts of French priests. To be banished to Canada is a punishment worse than death. Bride of New France explores the challenges Laure faces coming into womanhood in a brutal time and place. From the moment she arrives in Ville-Marie (Montreal) she is expected to marry and produce children with a brutish French soldier who himself can barely survive the harsh conditions of his forest cabin. But through her clandestine relationship with Deskaheh, an allied Iroquois, Laure finds a sense of the possibilities in this New World. What happens to a woman who attempts to make her own life choices in such authoritative times?

The King's Daughter

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Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1554982189
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)

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Book Synopsis The King's Daughter by : Suzanne Martel

Download or read book The King's Daughter written by Suzanne Martel and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Ruth Schwartz Award Jeanne Chatel has always dreamed of adventure. So when the eighteen-year-old orphan is summoned to sail from France to the wilds of North America to become a king's daughter and marry a French settler, she doesn't hesitate. Her new husband is not the dashing military man she has dreamed of, but a trapper with two small children who lives in a small cabin in the woods. With her husband away trapping much of the time, Jeanne faces danger daily, but the bravery and spirit that brought her to this wild place never fail her, and she soon learns to be truly at home in her new land.

The French Bride

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504024621
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis The French Bride by : Evelyn Anthony

Download or read book The French Bride written by Evelyn Anthony and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forced to wed a notorious Scotsman, a sheltered French heiress is drawn into a world of intrigue and debauchery as she battles for her husband’s heart against a dangerous rival in this thrilling sequel to Clandara Charles Macdonald has been given an ultimatum: To settle his gambling debts and avoid being sent to the Bastille, he must marry his cousin Anne de Bernard. Anne is beautiful, innocent, and the richest woman in France. Forced into a marriage of convenience, she vows that no matter what her husband takes from her, he will never have her heart. Charles wants only to return to court—and the bed of his notorious mistress, the captivating widowed Baroness Louise de Vitale. When Anne is brought to Versailles at the king’s command, the young, inexperienced bride is no match for Louise’s wiles. The French court soon becomes a stage on which a drama of jealousy and deadly intrigue will play out. As two women fight for the love of one man, a terrible act of malice will destroy one life as it transforms another. With its rich historical canvas, peopled by the real-life figures of King Louis XV, royal mistress Comtesse du Barry, and future queen Marie Antoinette, The French Bride is author Evelyn Anthony at her spellbinding best.

The French War Bride

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425282449
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis The French War Bride by : Robin Wells

Download or read book The French War Bride written by Robin Wells and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At her retirement home in Wedding Tree, Louisiana, 91 year-old Amelie O'Connor is in the habit of leaving her door open for friends. One day she receives an unexpected visitor - her late husband Jack's ex-fiance. Kat Morgan wants to know the truth behind a story that's haunted her whole life. Finding out how Amelie stole Jack's heart will - she thinks - finally bring her peace. As Amelie recalls the dark days of the Nazi occupation of Paris, The French War Bride reveals how history shapes the courses of our lives, for better or for worse.

The Bride of the Wilderness

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453232524
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Book Synopsis The Bride of the Wilderness by : Charles McCarry

Download or read book The Bride of the Wilderness written by Charles McCarry and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something completely different from the bestselling thriller writer: “a full-blooded, unashamed romance . . . Mr. McCarry sweeps you along” (The New York Times). Fanny’s father, Henry Harding, has known Oliver Barebones since the two men were children. Together they survived the Great Plague and the Great Fire, and now they are rich, middle-aged, and unmarried. Everyone’s shocked when Oliver, a lifelong bachelor, falls headfirst for a superstitious young girl named Rose. In two days he’s decided to marry her. For the Hardings and the Barebones, it will be years before they find such happiness again. Ruin comes to them all in the shape of Alfred Montagu, a cold-hearted moneylender who ensnares them in crushing debt and schemes to marry Fanny. After her father dies, Fanny attempts to take refuge in France. It’s not far enough to escape her troubles, so with Oliver and Rose, she departs for a far-off place called Connecticut, dodging Montagu by diving into the teeth of dangers no London girl could ever imagine.

Bride of New France: A Novel

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393073378
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Book Synopsis Bride of New France: A Novel by : Suzanne Desrochers

Download or read book Bride of New France: A Novel written by Suzanne Desrochers and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the life of Laure Beausejour, a young, French orphan, who is transported as a fille du roi to the new, but primitive, Canadian colony as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV that sent eight hundred young women abroad to marry settlers.

The Bride Wore Blue

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Publisher : WaterBrook Press
ISBN 13 : 0307730301
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis The Bride Wore Blue by : Mona Hodgson

Download or read book The Bride Wore Blue written by Mona Hodgson and published by WaterBrook Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivian Sinclair leaves Maine behind to move to Cripple Creek, Colorado, where her sisters live, but she finds it difficult to leave the mistakes of her past behind, especially when the only job that she can find is in a brothel.

The May Bride: A Novel

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1605987220
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (59 download)

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Book Synopsis The May Bride: A Novel by : Suzannah Dunn

Download or read book The May Bride: A Novel written by Suzannah Dunn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Seymour finds herself in the midst of scandal and intrigue at Wolf Hall, in Suzannah Dunn's masterful novel of the Tudor Era. Jane Seymour is a shy, dutiful fifteen-year-old when her eldest brother, Edward, brings his bride home to Wolf Hall. Katherine Filliol is the perfect match for Edward, as well as being a breath of fresh air for the Seymour family, and Jane is captivated by the older girl. Only two years later, however, the family is torn apart by a dreadful allegation—that Katherine has had an affair with the Seymour patriarch. The repercussions for all the Seymours are incalculable, not least for Katherine herself. When Jane is sent away to serve Katharine of Aragon, she is forced to witness another wife being put aside, with terrible consequences. Changed forever by what happened to Katherine Filliol, Jane comes to understand that, in a world where power is held entirely by men, there is a way in which she can still hold true to herself.

Promised to the Crown

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Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1496701135
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Book Synopsis Promised to the Crown by : Aimie K. Runyan

Download or read book Promised to the Crown written by Aimie K. Runyan and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This debut historical novel tells the story of three bold, young women in 1667 who answered Louis XIV’s call to help France settle the New World. They are known as the filles du roi, or “King’s Daughters” —young women who leave prosperous France for an uncertain future across the Atlantic. Their duty is to marry and bring forth a new generation of loyal citizens. Each prospective bride has her reason for leaving—poverty, family rejection, a broken engagement. Despite their different backgrounds, Rose, Nicole, and Elisabeth all believe that marriage to a stranger is their best, perhaps only, chance of happiness. Once in Quebec, Elisabeth quickly accepts baker Gilbert Beaumont, who wants a business partner as well as a wife. Nicole, a farmer’s daughter from Rouen, marries a charming officer who promises comfort and security. Scarred by her traumatic past, Rose decides to take holy vows rather than marry. Yet no matter how carefully she chooses, each will be tested by hardship and heartbreaking loss—and sustained by the strength found in their uncommon friendship, and the precarious freedom offered by their new home. Praise for Promised to the Crown “An engaging, engrossing debut.” —Greer Macallister, USA Today bestselling author of The Magician’s Lie “An absorbing adventure with heart.” —Jennifer Laam, author of The Secret Daughter of the Tsar "An unforgettable saga of strength and sisterhood, one that will stay with you long after the final page.”--Anne Girard, author of Platinum Doll “A heart-wrenching and timeless tale of friendship, love, and hope that skillfully blends history and romance to educate, entertain, and inspire.”--Pam Jenoff, author of Last Summer at Chelsea Beach

My Life in France

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Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307264726
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Book Synopsis My Life in France by : Julia Child

Download or read book My Life in France written by Julia Child and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Julia's story of her transformative years in France in her own words is "captivating ... her marvelously distinctive voice is present on every page.” (San Francisco Chronicle). Although she would later singlehandedly create a new approach to American cuisine with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, Julia Child was not always a master chef. Indeed, when she first arrived in France in 1948 with her husband, Paul, who was to work for the USIS, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself. But as she dove into French culture, buying food at local markets and taking classes at the Cordon Bleu, her life changed forever with her newfound passion for cooking and teaching. Julia’s unforgettable story—struggles with the head of the Cordon Bleu, rejections from publishers to whom she sent her now-famous cookbook, a wonderful, nearly fifty-year long marriage that took the Childs across the globe—unfolds with the spirit so key to Julia’s success as a chef and a writer, brilliantly capturing one of America’s most endearing personalities.

My Stylish French Girlfriends

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Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423637887
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (236 download)

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Book Synopsis My Stylish French Girlfriends by : Sharon Santoni

Download or read book My Stylish French Girlfriends written by Sharon Santoni and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet 20 beautiful, creative French women who live with passion; work every day; and love to take care ot their homes and families. Visit them in their grand chateaux or charming little country cottages or Parisian apartments. Learn where they shop, where they work, where they play, how they dress and, how they entertain. Absorb each girlfriend's style and joie de vivre. Santoni's affectionate writing, along with gorgeous photography, tells each woman's story with an intimacy usually reserved for the closest of girlfriends. SHARON SANTONI·SMITH grew up in England but married a Frenchman and has raised her family in Normandy, France. Her blog, My French Country Home, is read daily by thousands all over the world. She writes about life in rural France; the ups and downs of family life; her inspiring French girlfriends; the intricacies of village life; and her love of searching for brocante treasure in the flea markets of Paris and the countryside.

Paris Bride

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Publisher : punctum books
ISBN 13 : 1950192636
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Paris Bride by : John Schad

Download or read book Paris Bride written by John Schad and published by punctum books. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In July 1905, in Paris, a young woman, a bride, becomes Marie Schad. In April 1984, in London, Marie Schad is declared to be no more--indeed, to never have been, and returns to France. Paris Bride pursues this no-woman in a wild attempt to glimpse her face in the modernist crowd. With increasing desperation the pages of Stephane Mallarmé, Oscar Wilde, Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Louis Aragon, André and Walter Benjamin are all ransacked for traces of Marie. What is pieced precariously together is an experimental life--a properly modernist life, a life that, by its very obscurity, lives the obscure life of modernism itself.

Something New

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1626722498
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (267 download)

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Book Synopsis Something New by : Lucy Knisley

Download or read book Something New written by Lucy Knisley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an illustrated memoir of what happens after the proposal. Fascinated and horrified by the wedding industry. the author set out to put her own stamp on the tradition and create the most adorable DIY wedding imaginable.

French War Brides in America

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Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis French War Brides in America by : Hilary Kaiser

Download or read book French War Brides in America written by Hilary Kaiser and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2008 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944 and 1945, millions of American soldiers took part in the Liberation of France. It was impossible for these GIs, who brought with them freedom, health, and wealth, to avoid fraternizing with French women. Some 6,500 Franco-American marriages would later take place. Many of these women would cross the Atlantic to join their husbands, following the example of their compatriots who had wed doughboys after World War I. This book, a collection of oral histories, tells the story of mademoiselle and the GI by following the destinies of 15 French war brides--three from World War I and 12 from World War II. All of the women encountered cultural shock as they discovered an opulent and open society, but one which was also materialistic and racially segregated. But these women, like the many others who came to America, got on with it and survived. Although about half of the marriages ended in divorce, only about 150 of the women returned to France. Most of them, in their own way, lived the American Dream. Today these women are both French and American. They reflect the image of a successful betrothal between two cultures.

Tomorrow's Bride

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Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1459276922
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (592 download)

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Book Synopsis Tomorrow's Bride by : Alexandra Scott

Download or read book Tomorrow's Bride written by Alexandra Scott and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yesterday's secrets… Five years ago Leigh had loved Patrick and lost him. Now he was back in her life, and, this time around, Leigh was determined to become Patrick's bride. So all she had to do was persuade Patrick that their wedding day would be the happiest day of their lives together. But Leigh soon discovered that her task was just a tad more difficult…. Trouble was, while Patrick might be prepared to marry Leigh, he wasn't prepared to tell her that he loved her!

King's Daughters and Founding Mothers

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Publisher : Pawtucket, R.I. : Quintin Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781582117317
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis King's Daughters and Founding Mothers by : Peter J. Gagné

Download or read book King's Daughters and Founding Mothers written by Peter J. Gagné and published by Pawtucket, R.I. : Quintin Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pelican Bride

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Publisher : Revell
ISBN 13 : 9780800721978
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (219 download)

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Book Synopsis The Pelican Bride by : Beth White

Download or read book The Pelican Bride written by Beth White and published by Revell. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1704 when Genevieve Gaillain and her sister board a French ship headed for the Louisiana colony as mail-order brides. Both have promised to marry one of the rough-and-tumble Canadian men in this New World in order to escape religious persecution in the Old World. Genevieve knows life won't be easy, but at least here she can establish a home and family without fear of beheading. But when she falls in love with Tristan Lanier, an expatriate cartographer whose courageous stand for fair treatment of native peoples has made him decidedly unpopular in the young colony, Genevieve realizes that even in this land of liberty one is not guaranteed peace. And a secret she harbors could mean the undoing of the colony itself. Gulf Coast native Beth White brings vividly to life the hot, sultry south in this luscious, layered story of the lengths we must go to in order to be true to ourselves, our faith, and our deepest loves.