| International Standard Book Number |
9798900821290 (hardback)
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| Personal Name |
McPhail, Diane C., author.
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| Title Statement |
The French innkeeper's daughter / Diane C. McPhail.
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| Edition Statement |
Center Point Large Print edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
375 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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| General Note |
Includes discussion questions.
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| General Note |
Regular print version previously published by: Kensington Publishing Corp.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"France, 1718: Three years after Louis XIV's death, the country is still reeling from his costly wars and reckless extravagance. While ordinary citizens struggle to survive, the wealthy are able to purchase noble titles granting power and privilege. In the wrong hands, that power can be a terrible thing, as Azelie discovers when her family's roadside inn becomes the property of a corrupt judge. After a harrowing encounter with the judge's loathsome son, Azelie's only option is to flee. A chance meeting with highway robber Jules Charavany leads the two to make their way to Paris, and a friendship borne of necessity evolves into a deeper bond. But when Jules is wrongly arrested, Azelie finds herself the victim of a scheme to arrest young women on trumped-up charges and exile them to the struggling colonies along the Gulf Coast. Chained aboard the ship La Mutine, a pregnant Azelie finds kinship with the other women during the perilous ocean crossing. The survivors will witness the birth of a new city, New Orleans. And though her new life will be rich in challenge and reward, Azelie's ties to her homeland and her family will remain, echoing through the future in unpredictable ways, even centuries later."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Large type books.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Malicious accusation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Young women Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Exiles France Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Colonists Louisiana Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
France Economic conditions 18th century Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
France History Regency, 1715-1723 Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Louisiana History To 1803 Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Large print books.
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