The Road to Goderich (eBook)

Linda McQuaig (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
368 Seiten
Dundurn Press (Verlag)
978-1-4597-5491-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A tale of love, deception, and betrayal unfolds against the backdrop of the 1837 rebellion in Upper Canada.In rural Scotland in the 1830s, fifteen-year-old Callandra is devastated by her father's unexpected death. To save her family from destitution, she reluctantly agrees to marry Norbert Scott, a clergyman from a wealthy Glasgow family. But when her new husband and family turn out to be cruel and disdainful toward her, Callandra's only solace in their cold, cavernous mansion is her close friendship with a household servant, Lottie.Callandra faces more personal upheaval when her husband accepts a posting as a clergyman in the remote town of Goderich in Upper Canada. Thankfully, Lottie will accompany them to their new home, but so will her brother Sam, a carpenter whom Callandra mistrusts. After a perilous journey, they are greeted warmly by the townsfolk of Goderich, who are particularly delighted when their new pastor stands up for them in defiance of the hated colonial authorities.But an unintentional lie spins into a web of deceit. As the sparks of rebellion flare, there are growing suspicions about the town's charismatic new clergyman that threaten to destroy the fragile happiness Callandra has unexpectedly found.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.6.2025
• Zusatzinfo: b&w map
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Schlagworte: An imposter • Bishop John Strachan • deception and betrayal • Difficult voyage across the Atlantic • Family Compact • Goderich • Huron County • Huron Tract • Immigrants from Scotland • Love Story • Love Triangle • Mackenzie’s rebellion • Mary Wollstonecraft and the Woman Question • Rebellion against the elite • Rebels hung for treason • Scotland • The Canada Company • The town of Goderich • Toronto in the 1830s • Trek through the woods • Upper Canada rebellion 1837 • William Lyon Mackenzie • Women’s emancipation
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-5491-3 / 1459754913
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-5491-1 / 9781459754911