Calico Captive 2005 г 250 стр ISBN 0786180366 инфо 1960i. |
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Book DescriptionEarly one morning in 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by shrill war whoops and the terror of an Indian raid Young Miriam Willard, on a day which had promised newаоадл happiness, finds herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the French and Indian War She endures a harrowing march north, a trail which ends with the waiting Indian gauntlet, and perhaps a life of slavery Miriam and her companioбагшрns finally reach Montreal, a city of shifting loyalties filled with the intrigue of war Here, by a sudden twist of fortune, Miriam meets the prominent Du Quesne family, who introduce her to a life of luxury that she never could have imagined and that compel her to the most importantdecision of her life. |