La fiancée du rebelle: Épisode de la Guerre des Bostonnais, 1775

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La fiancée du rebelle: Épisode de la Guerre des Bostonnais, 1775

by Joseph Marmette

FR·~7 hours·24 chapters

Chapters

24 total

Produced by Rénald Lévesque

0:02

JOSEPH MARMETTE - LA FIANCÉE DU REBELLE

0:10

INTRODUCTION.

10:02

CHAPITRE PREMIER. - UN DISCOURS QUI NE CONVAINC PERSONNE.

21:17

CHAPITRE DEUXIÈME. - COUPS D'ARCHET, DE LANGUE ET D'ÉPÉE.

32:56

CHAPITRE TROISIÈME. - DÉSESPÉRANCE D'AMOUR.

19:03

CHAPITRE QUATRIÈME. - SÉPARATION.

5:52

"F. CUGNET S. F.

15:57

CHAPITRE CINQUIÈME - FEU ET FLAMMES.

31:18

CHAPITRE SIXIÈME - LA NUIT DU 31 DÉCEMBRE, 1775

31:16
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In the years following the fall of Quebec, a quiet but simmering discontent spreads across the Canadian countryside. British soldiers impose martial law, foreign judges sit in empty courts, and the once‑familiar French legal code is swept away. The ordinary families who remain on the land cling to their farms, yet every edict from London feels like a fresh chain around their throats, especially as new taxes stir whispers of revolt in distant Boston.

Against this backdrop, a young woman whose heart belongs to a daring rebel watches the world tilt toward conflict. She navigates daily life amid cracked homesteads and uneasy soldiers, while the ideas of liberty and resistance begin to spark in her community. As the Stamp Act takes hold and tension rises, her loyalty, love, and courage are tested, offering a vivid glimpse of the personal struggles that precede the larger war for North America’s future.

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Language

fr

Duration

~7 hours (447K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

Jan 19, 2007

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Joseph Marmette

Joseph Marmette

1844–1895

A leading voice in 19th-century French-Canadian historical fiction, this Quebec writer brought the colony’s past to life in adventurous, patriotic novels. He also worked as a historian and civil servant, blending literary storytelling with a deep interest in Canadian history.

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