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FROM: Barbara Perkins <[removed]@irving.lib.tx.us>
REC'D: 12/13/00, 3:21 PM

Patron remembers reading a novel before our new library was built in 1986,
so copyright is prior
to that.

Story concerns a woman who is a sole survivor of a shipwreck and the setting
is Newfoundland, possibly
late 1700's.

Possibly based on a true story.

Ring any bells, my friends?

FROM: "Cynthia Orr" <[removed]@cpl.org>
REC'D: 12/13/00, 4:04 PM

This might be Elizabeth Boyer's Marguerite de la Roque: a Story of Survival,
1975. Here's the description of a reader on Amazon:

Elizabeth Boyer's superb historical novel is based on an actual survivor's
story. Marguerite and her elderly nurse are left to die on a island off the
coast of Canada. Her guardian announces that she had disgraced him and is no
longer a virgin. No one appeals her unjust sentence on trumped up charges. The
young man who had hoped to marry her shares her exile. Together the three
people, none of them trained in farming or house building struggle to erect
shelter, and plant crops before winter comes. Thye must survive the harsh deadly
cold. Boyer makes you
feel the brutal cold, the heavy snows, the despair that sometimes afflicts the
isolated trio. "Peggy's Cove" in Canada is a tourist attraction today- a
testament to the courage of Marguerite, her Hugueneot suitor, their love and
courage. Both Marguerite and her husband are French Huguenots who marry
themselves from the Bible. (apparently this was a custom at the time when French
Protestants faced persecution from the King and Catholic church). It is a story
of ma,n/woman against nature, the against the absolutist corrupt royalist
system, against
depression. Boyer's book celebrate human courage, integrity, and love. This is
the finest historical novel I have ever read. Elizabeth Boyer also authored the
book A Colony of One that attempts to unravel Marguerite's identity. Conspiracy,
records destroyed by her uncle made this a fascinating exercise in detection.

Cindy

Barbara Perkins wrote:

> Patron remembers reading a novel before our new library was built in 1986,
> so copyright is prior
> to that.
>
> Story concerns a woman who is a sole survivor of a shipwreck and the setting
> is Newfoundland, possibly
> late 1700's.
>
> Possibly based on a true story.
>
> Ring any bells, my friends?
>

--
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Cynthia Orr Email: [removed]@cpl.org
Collection Manager Phone: 216-623-2906
Cleveland Public Library Fax: 216-623-2977
17133 Lake Shore Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44110 http://www.cpl.org
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FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 12/13/00, 4:12 PM

This is somewhat reminiscent of a 1975 title by Elizabeth Boyer entitled
_Marguerite de la Roque: A Story of Survival_, which is based on the true
story of a French noblewoman and her nurse who were marooned alone on an
island near Labrador in 1542. While they were put off the ship for some
malfeasance or another rather than because of a shipwreck, Labrador is very
close to Nova Scotia and the 1600s could easily be confused with the 1700s.
Worth a try, maybe.

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Barbara Perkins
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 4:18 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Newfoundland Stumper


Patron remembers reading a novel before our new library was built in 1986,
so copyright is prior
to that.

Story concerns a woman who is a sole survivor of a shipwreck and the setting
is Newfoundland, possibly
late 1700's.

Possibly based on a true story.

Ring any bells, my friends?

FROM: Barbara Perkins <[removed]@irving.lib.tx.us>
REC'D: 12/13/00, 4:19 PM

That's it!!!!
Thank you thank you thank you.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cynthia Orr [[removed]@cpl.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 4:01 PM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: Re: Newfoundland Stumper
>
> This might be Elizabeth Boyer's Marguerite de la Roque: a Story of
> Survival,
> 1975. Here's the description of a reader on Amazon:
>
> Elizabeth Boyer's superb historical novel is based on an actual survivor's
> story. Marguerite and her elderly nurse are left to die on a island off
> the
> coast of Canada. Her guardian announces that she had disgraced him and is
> no
> longer a virgin. No one appeals her unjust sentence on trumped up charges.
> The
> young man who had hoped to marry her shares her exile. Together the three
> people, none of them trained in farming or house building struggle to
> erect
> shelter, and plant crops before winter comes. Thye must survive the harsh
> deadly
> cold. Boyer makes you
> feel the brutal cold, the heavy snows, the despair that sometimes
> afflicts the
> isolated trio. "Peggy's Cove" in Canada is a tourist attraction today- a
> testament to the courage of Marguerite, her Hugueneot suitor, their love
> and
> courage. Both Marguerite and her husband are French Huguenots who marry
> themselves from the Bible. (apparently this was a custom at the time when
> French
> Protestants faced persecution from the King and Catholic church). It is a
> story
> of ma,n/woman against nature, the against the absolutist corrupt royalist
> system, against
> depression. Boyer's book celebrate human courage, integrity, and love.
> This is
> the finest historical novel I have ever read. Elizabeth Boyer also
> authored the
> book A Colony of One that attempts to unravel Marguerite's identity.
> Conspiracy,
> records destroyed by her uncle made this a fascinating exercise in
> detection.
>
> Cindy
>
> Barbara Perkins wrote:
>
> > Patron remembers reading a novel before our new library was built in
> 1986,
> > so copyright is prior
> > to that.
> >
> > Story concerns a woman who is a sole survivor of a shipwreck and the
> setting
> > is Newfoundland, possibly
> > late 1700's.
> >
> > Possibly based on a true story.
> >
> > Ring any bells, my friends?
> >
>
> --
> **********************************************************************
> Cynthia Orr Email: [removed]@cpl.org
> Collection Manager Phone: 216-623-2906
> Cleveland Public Library Fax: 216-623-2977
> 17133 Lake Shore Boulevard
> Cleveland, OH 44110 http://www.cpl.org
> **********************************************************************
>
>
>
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