Bibliograph

Promised to the crown, Aimie K. Runyan

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Promised to the crown, Aimie K. Runyan

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Promised to the crown

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Aimie K. Runyan

Summary

In 1667 Three young women answer Louis XIV's call and journey to the Canadian colony. 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

Target audience

adult

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