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  • Duty to the Crown

  • Daughters of New France Series, Book 2
  • By: Aimie K. Runyan
  • Narrated by: Esther Wane
  • Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (49 ratings)

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Duty to the Crown

By: Aimie K. Runyan
Narrated by: Esther Wane
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Set amid the promise and challenge of the first Canadian colonies, Aimie K. Runyan's vividly rendered novel provides a fascinating portrait of the women who would become the founding mothers of New France.

In 1677, an invisible wall separates settlers in New France from their Huron neighbors. Yet whether in the fledgling city of Quebec or within one of the native tribes, every woman's fate depends on the man she chooses - or is obligated-to marry.

Although Claudine Deschamps and Gabrielle Giroux both live within the settlement, their prospects are very different. French-born Claudine has followed her older sister across the Atlantic hoping to attract a wealthy husband through her beauty and connections. Gabrielle, orphan daughter of the town drunkard, is forced into a loveless union by a cruel law that requires her to marry by her 16th birthday. And Manon Lefebvre, born in the Huron village and later adopted by settlers, has faced the prejudices of both societies and is convinced she can no longer be accepted in either.

Drawn into unexpected friendship through their loves, losses, and dreams of home and family, all three women will have to call on their bravery and resilience to succeed in this new world....

©2016 Aimie K. Runyan (P)2018 Tantor
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It feels authentic.

I’m not familiar with this period of history so throughly enjoyed this story. The story of lives in a different age and yet so familiar to our age hoping for love and family.

I enjoy Aimie’s novels.

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