Silence of stone. [online electronic book]
Silence of stone. [online electronic book]
By
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Beckel, Annamarie L., 1951-
Publication Date
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2011
Subject Term
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Electronic books.
Geographic Term
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Genre
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Historical fiction.
Summary
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Recounts the story of Marguerite de Roberval, a young French noblewoman. During a colonising expedition to New France in 1542, she falls in love with a soldier. Jean-FranƯcois de Roberval, commander of the expedition and Marguerite's guardian, is so outraged at the disgrace she has brought upon the name Roberval that he abandons her, her lover, and a servant on the Isle of Demons, a small island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Marguerite survives, spending nearly a year entirely alone. More than two years after her abandonment, she returns to France, rescued from the island by a Breton fishing ship.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781550813005
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