Newfoundland and Labrador

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PILLARS OF AVALON
Katherine Pym and Jude Pittman



David and Sarah Kirke live in a time of upheaval under the reign of King Charles I who gives, then takes. He gives David the nod of approval to range up and down the French Canadian shores, burning colonies and pillaging ships that are loaded with goods meant for the French. When King Louis of France shouts his outrage, King Charles reneges. He takes David’s prizes and returns them to the French, putting David and his family in dire straits.

Undeterred, David and Sarah will not be denied. After years, the king relents. He knights David and gives him a grant for the whole of Newfoundland and Labrador. There David and Sarah build a prosperous plantation. They trade fish and fish oil with English and French merchants. They thrive while England is torn in two by the civil wars.

Soon, these troubles engulf his family. David is carried in chains back to England to stand trial. He leaves Sarah to manage the plantation, a daunting task but with a strength that defies a stalwart man, she digs in and prospers, becoming the first entrepreneur of Newfoundland.



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1 comment:

  1. Ever wonder about the men and women who left their homes in safe and comfortable England to cross frightening and dangerous seas in order to build a new life in an unsettle, untamed and quite often hostile land. Meet the Kirke family and follow them as they tackle the stark and often forbidding cliffs of Newfoundland. Once you start Pillars of Avalon you're not going to be able to put it down.

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