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Voyageurs
Margaret Elphinstone
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Description for Voyageurs
Paperback. Elphinstone takes the reader back in time and intertwines this story with enduring themes of love, war and family ties .. Num Pages: 480 pages, map. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
In the early 1800s, Rachel Greenhow, a young Quaker, goes missing in the Canadian wilderness. Unable to accept the disappearance, her brother Mark leaves his farm in England, determined to bring his sister home. What follows is a gripping account of Mark's odyssey and his travels with the voyageurs - the men who canoe Canada's fur-trade route. As adventure and discovery propel the plot forward, Elphinstone takes the reader back in time and intertwines the story with enduring themes of love, war and family ties.
In the early 1800s, Rachel Greenhow, a young Quaker, goes missing in the Canadian wilderness. Unable to accept the disappearance, her brother Mark leaves his farm in England, determined to bring his sister home. What follows is a gripping account of Mark's odyssey and his travels with the voyageurs - the men who canoe Canada's fur-trade route. As adventure and discovery propel the plot forward, Elphinstone takes the reader back in time and intertwines the story with enduring themes of love, war and family ties.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
466
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841955018
SKU
V9781841955018
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About Margaret Elphinstone
Margaret Elphinstone is the author of eight novels, including The Incomer (1987), A Sparrow's Flight (1989), Islanders (1994), The Sea Road (2000), Hy Brasil (2002), Voyageurs (2003) and Light (2006). She has also had published short stories, poetry and two books on organic gardening. Her next book, And Some There Be, will be published by Canongate in 2009. She lives ... Read more
Reviews for Voyageurs
It's a long time since I've read a novel with more pleasure and interest. Voyaguers is a strong story, very well told.
Sunday Herald
The prose is crisp . . . [but] what stands out is Elphinstone's sense of a strange time and place.
The Times
It reminded ... Read more
Sunday Herald
The prose is crisp . . . [but] what stands out is Elphinstone's sense of a strange time and place.
The Times
It reminded ... Read more