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Waiting for the queen, a novel of early America, Joanna Higgins

Label
Waiting for the queen, a novel of early America, Joanna Higgins
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Waiting for the queen
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
855503022
Responsibility statement
Joanna Higgins
Sub title
a novel of early America
Summary
A surprising friendship develops between Eugenie, an escapee from the French Revolution, and Hannah, a Quaker girl, when they unite in the cause against slavery in this adventuresome tale of true nobility set amidst the rugged, eighteenth-century, Pennsylvania wilderness.Fifteen-year-old Eugenie de La Roque and her family barely escape the French Revolution with their lives. Along with several other noble families, they sail to America, where French Azilium, as the area came to be known, is being carved out of the rugged wilderness of Pennsylvania. Hannah Kimbrell is a young Quake
Table Of Contents
1793 Novembre/November; 1793 Decembre/December; 1794 Janvier/January; 1794 Février/February; 1794 Mars/March; 1794 Avril/April; Epilogue: 1794 Septembre/September; Author's Note; Bibliography
Target audience
adolescent
Classification
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