Description
In the early 1800s, Rachel Greenhow, a young Quaker, goes missing in the Canadian wilderness. Unable to accept the disappearance, her brother Mark leaves his farm in England, determined to bring his sister home.
What follows is a gripping account of Mark's odyssey and his travels with the voyageurs - the men who canoe Canada's fur-trade route. As adventure and discovery propel the plot forward, Elphinstone takes the reader back in time and intertwines the story with enduring themes of love, war and family ties.Author: Margaret Elphinstone
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 02/21/2023
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781841955018
ISBN10: 1841955019
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | World Literature | England | 19th Century
- Fiction | Family Life | Siblings
About the Author
Margaret Elphinstone is the author of eight novels, including The Incomer (1987), A Sparrow's Flight (1989), Islanders (1994), The Sea Road (2000), Hy Brasil (2002), Voyageurs (2003) and Light (2006). She has also had published short stories, poetry and two books on organic gardening. Her next book, And Some There Be, will be published by Canongate in 2009. She lives in Glasgow and teaches at the University of Strathclyde