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Braving the Dawn: A Novel of New France

by Peggy Joque Williams

A new life in colonial Quebec

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A new life in colonial Quebec

Banished from France, Sylvienne d’Aubert crosses the Atlantic with the Filles du Roi, a group of young women bound for Quebec. Though the others seek husbands in the colony, Sylvienne arrives determined not to marry again after an abusive arranged marriage. Her hope of returning to France and reuniting with Etienne sits alongside the immediate work of surviving frontier hardships and rebuilding in a colony described as both welcoming and dangerous. Friendship, alliances with Native people, and the king’s continuing reach shape this historical novel’s account of displacement, survival, and the effort to make a life under the shadow of the past.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in historical fiction set in colonial Quebec and New France.
  • Readers drawn to stories of migration, survival, and rebuilding after abuse.
  • Readers interested in the Filles du Roi and women’s lives in the French colony.

Themes

Displacement and belongingSurvival and resilienceMarriage and personal autonomyFriendship and allianceColonial life in New France

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Book overview

Banished from France by King Louis XIV, once royal favorite Sylvienne d'Aubert must make the dangerous ocean crossing with a group of young women eager to secure husbands in the French colony of Quebec as Filles du Roi (Daughters of the King). Sylvienne, however, scarred by an abusive, arranged marriage in France, vows never to wed again. She is determined to one day return to her beloved homeland and to her lover, Etienne.

Clinging to hope that her true love still lives, she must first survive hardships and challenges unique to the Canadian frontier and rebuild her life in a young colony that is at once welcoming and dangerous. She finds friendship in unexpected places and allies among the Native people while developing a resilience she didn't know she possessed.

But the king's reach is long, and Sylvienne's past haunts her at every turn in this saga of new beginnings, survival, and determination of the heart.

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