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In 1775, forty‑year‑old Charlotte Taylor fled the English countryside for Jamaica with her lover, the family’s black butler. After his death from yellow fever, she returned to the New England‑Canadian border alone and pregnant. Over the next sixty‑six years, Charlotte found refuge with the Mi’kmaq people of what is present‑day New Brunswick, formed three marriages, bore nine children, and maintained a lifelong relationship with an aboriginal partner. Sally Armstrong, Charlotte’s great‑great‑great‑granddaughter, intertwines documented history with biographical fiction to revive the story of a daring woman whose life crossed the paths of settlers, Indigenous peoples, and the harsh realities of the frontier.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Sally Armstrong
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