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In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord, a "seigneur," for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters -- barkskins. René suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. He is forced to marry a Mi'kmaw woman and their descendants live trapped between two inimical cultures. But Duquet, crafty and ruthless,...
3) Troll blood
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Troll trilogy volume 3
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When the cunning seafaring trader Gunnar, and his short-tempered, sword-wielding son, Harald Silkenhair, land in Trollsvik looking for a crew for a journey to Vinland, fifteen-year-old Peer, suspicious of their motives, reluctantly agrees to join them, mostly to watch over his friend Hilde who is eager to sail to the New World as companion to Gunnar's wife Astrid.
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Mrs. Mike series volume 1
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Mrs. Mike is the love story of Katherine Mary O'Fallon, a young Irish girl from Boston, and Sergeant Mike Flannigan of the Canadian Mounted Police, who is a priest, doctor and magistrate to all in the great Canadian wilderness area under his supervision. -Back cover.
8) Drwale
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Polish
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"Drwale to wielopokoleniowa saga, która swój początek bierze pod koniec XVII wieku, kiedy dwaj ubodzy Francuzi, René Sel i Charles Duquet, przybywają do Kanady. Związani kontraktem z feudalnym zwierzchnikiem, przez trzy lata wycinają lasy w zamian za ziemię. Śledzimy losy potomków Sela i Duqueta na przestrzeni trzystu lat: pełne bestialstwa podróże przez Amerykę Północną do Europy, Chin i Nowej Zelandii; zemstę wrogów, wypadki,...