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The bride of the wilderness [a novel]

Set in Britain during the Black Plague and in colonial America during the French and Indian War. At the centre of the story are Henry Harding, a quick-witted, fun-loving trader, his daughter, Fanny, and his dearest friend, Oliver Barebones, who excels at football.

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  • "Set in Britain during the Black Plague and in colonial America during the French and Indian War. At the centre of the story are Henry Harding, a quick-witted, fun-loving trader, his daughter, Fanny, and his dearest friend, Oliver Barebones, who excels at football."@en
  • "Set in Britain during the Black Plague and in colonial America during the French and Indian War. At the centre of the story are Henry Harding, a quick-witted, fun-loving trader, his daughter, Fanny, and his dearest friend, Oliver Barebones, who excels at football. 1988."@en
  • "The acclaimed author of such suspense classics as The tears of autumn and The Miernik dossier brings us a unique period romance, set in early 18th century Europe and New England and featuring the ancestors of his recurring master-spy Paul Christopher. Young, high-spirited Fanny has been fortunate in her civilized upbringing, but the London she has grown up in is riddled with danger and brutality. When a sinister stranger traps her family into debt in order to advance on Fanny, she is forced to take refuge in France, where she meets a young French soldier called Philippe de Saint-Christophe. Their paths will cross again in the New World, where the war between the English and the French is fought with the help of savage Indians on both sides. Together, Fanny and Philippe will carve out a fierce, adventurous life in the vigorous, untamed wilderness."@en
  • "The novel's central character is the enterprising Fanny, half-English, half-French, who, after various vicissitudes in London, accompanies her godfather, Oliver, when he goes to Connecticut to claim his inheritance. There she is abducted by native people, taken to Canada and finally rescued by her French lover. The secondary characters, equally brimming with vigor and individuality, include Oliver's beautiful, willful wife, who is in thrall to witchcraft; an army captain's daughter who has adopted native customs; and a Puritan preacher-surgeon of surpassing toughness. Adroitly depicting passion, brutality, cultures in conflict and New World natural beauty, this novel is as engrossing as it is unusual."@en
  • "Sailing to eighteenth-century America to reclaim her father's cargo ship, Fanny Hording is abducted by Indians and rescued by French officer Philippe de Christophe, who must choose between love and country."
  • "Young, high-spirited Fanny has been fortunate in her civilized upbringing, but the London she has grown up in is riddled with danger and brutality. When a sinister stranger traps her family into debt in order to advance on Fanny, she is forced to take refuge in France, where she meets a young French soldier called Philippe de Saint-Christophe. Their paths will cross again in the New World, where the war between the English and the French is fought with the help of savage Indians on both sides. Together, Fanny and Philippe will carve out a fierce, adventurous life in the vigorous, untamed wilderness."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Spy stories"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en

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  • "The bride of the wilderness [a novel]"@en
  • "The bride of the wilderness"@en
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  • "The bride of the wilderness a novel"@en
  • "The bride of the wilderness [sound recording (CNIB)] : a novel"@en
  • "Bride of the wilderness"

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