Project Gutenberg 2006-06-19 Public domain in the USA. 51 Catherwood, Mary Hartwell 1847 1902 The Lady of Fort St. John Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Stacy Brown, Robert Cicconetti, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Lady of Fort St. John" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative unfolds during a tumultuous period in Acadia, focusing on the struggles between French and English forces as well as internal conflicts among local leaders. A central character is Marie de la Tour, whose resilience and resourcefulness are tested as she navigates her responsibilities in the fort while her husband is away on a military campaign. At the start of the story, the reader is introduced to a desolate Acadian landscape filled with twilight and fog, setting an atmosphere ripe for intrigue and conflict. We meet Charles de la Tour, a nobleman and military leader, along with his wife Marie, who displays both tenderness and strength as she takes charge of Fort St. John in his absence. The opening portion establishes the precarious situation at the fort, hinting at the looming threat posed by D'Aulnay de Charnisay, a rival who jeopardizes their safety and legacy. The arrival of a mysterious woman and her abandoned baby adds further tension, laying the groundwork for a plot that involves loyalty, betrayal, and the question of motherhood in a conflicted territory. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Aulnay, Charles de Menou d', 1604?-1650 -- Fiction La Tour, Charles de Saint-Etienne de, 1593-1666 -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 311029 310881 2024-10-08T08:58:25.615097 2023-09-08T10:22:35.163969 text/html text/html 316884 2006-06-19T17:43:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 115290 2006-06-19T17:43:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 199935 2024-10-08T08:58:33.794056 application/epub+zip 200987 2024-10-08T08:58:28.730093 application/epub+zip 195560 2024-10-08T08:58:27.307103 application/epub+zip 360218 2024-10-08T08:58:37.544062 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323509 2024-10-08T08:58:32.897059 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287456 2022-09-09T04:50:38.037188 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278809 278713 2024-10-08T08:58:24.745131 2023-09-08T10:22:34.348998 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 278516 2006-06-19T17:37:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 107503 2006-06-19T17:37:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 278524 2006-06-19T17:37:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 107479 2006-06-19T17:37:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21750 2024-10-08T08:58:37.674025 application/rdf+xml 11760 2024-10-08T08:58:27.877090 image/jpeg 3266 2024-10-08T08:58:27.589095 image/jpeg 184693 2024-10-08T08:58:25.642109 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia