Bride of New France (Hardcover) 9780393073379

from Rdra1962

I really wanted to like this book as I am intrigued by the stories of les Filles du Roi. This novel started as a thesis and it shows. The author seems to have done a lot of research and yet she does not seem able to bring her characters to life. The characters are very one-dimensional and make de...

from lit_chick

Set in the late 1600s, Bride of New France is the story of Laure Beausejour, a young woman from a Paris workhouse, who is sent to Quebec, Canada (New France) by the French government for the purpose of marrying and bearing the children of a French officer. Many such "filles de roi" (king's daught...

from wiremonkey

Laure Beauséjour was taken from her beggar parents by the Paris authorities when she was just seven years old and placed in the Salpêtrière, a catch all institute for poor, sick, mentally ill, or criminal women (and by criminal read prostitutes). She was lucky enough to spend a few years as the s...

from Twink

Bride of New France is a debut novel by Canadian Suzanne Desrochers. It arrived with a 'must read' recommendation that it definitely lived up to. Bride of New France tells the story of the filles du roi - the King's Daughters. In 1659 France is acting on the King's decree to "clean the streets". ...

from Twink

Bride of New France is a debut novel by Canadian Suzanne Desrochers. It arrived with a 'must read' recommendation that it definitely lived up to. Bride of New France tells the story of the filles du roi - the King's Daughters. In 1659 France is acting on the King's decree to "clean the streets". ...