Voyageurs: A NovelCanongate, 2003 - 466 էջ Historisk roman. Under grænsekrigene 1812 forsvinder en engelsk kvækermissionær i den canadiske vildmark. Hendes bror drager med pelshandlerne, les voyageurs, ud på en lang rejse for om muligt at finde hende |
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Արդյունքներ 83–ի 1-ից 3-ը:
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... Alan ? ' - ' But yes , m'sieu ! He did not say to you ? He told me , very soon there will be war . I am to say nothing ; what is it to me ? The soldiers will not come to Bois Blanc . No one comes to Bois Blanc . But I listen to Alan ...
... Alan ? ' - ' But yes , m'sieu ! He did not say to you ? He told me , very soon there will be war . I am to say nothing ; what is it to me ? The soldiers will not come to Bois Blanc . No one comes to Bois Blanc . But I listen to Alan ...
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... Alan rolled over , his back to the light , and said no more . I too had never heard such a story before . I'd expected to find North America foreign , and indeed it was , but Alan's story disconcerted me , because it was equally strange ...
... Alan rolled over , his back to the light , and said no more . I too had never heard such a story before . I'd expected to find North America foreign , and indeed it was , but Alan's story disconcerted me , because it was equally strange ...
Էջ 400
... Alan wouldn't have expected was Clemency - Zhawenjigewin . But there I wronged him : Alan wasn't stupid . He knew what would happen to a captive woman ; he would have thought of this . I saw him look at the baby , and instantly ...
... Alan wouldn't have expected was Clemency - Zhawenjigewin . But there I wronged him : Alan wasn't stupid . He knew what would happen to a captive woman ; he would have thought of this . I saw him look at the baby , and instantly ...
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