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The King’s

Daughters

PJ. Cram

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A poignant, historical story following two sisters as they travel to Quebec, in 1663, in search of a happy but
different life to the ones they’ve left behind in France.
Based on French King Louis XIV decision to stimulate Quebec’s economy by sending more women to settle
there and marry. Each woman was given a dowry by the King to facilitate their marriage.

It is the year 1663 and after an unhappy childhood and a long spell in a French orphanage, sisters Marguerite
and Marie leave for a new life in Quebec.

Following a difficult sea-crossing the two sisters and their female companions arrive full of hope for a better
life, but with very different expectations.

Marguerite, like most of her female companions, hopes to marry and start a family to fulfil the King’s wishes.
But Marie has different ambitions and is in search of a career and an adventure.

The sisters stay on a farm with Catherine, a widow with five young boys and thus begins a happy start to their
new life in the new world.
But the lives of the two sisters take different paths. Will they fall in love and have the fulfilling lives they hoped
for? Or will they end up with very different destinies?

PJ. Cram has taught French language and culture worldwide including in universities and the private sector.
After years of volunteer counselling, she has developed a longstanding interest in women’s struggles over
adversity. She has previously published poetry, but her love of travel, French history and the stories of women
inspired her to write her first historical fictional novel. She lives in Scotland.

Publication Date: 28th May 2024 £10.99 ISBN: 9781805143321
Thema subject category: FV – Historical fiction
paperback 198 x 129 mm 200 pp Portrait Author location: Aberdeen

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