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The Chief Factor's daughter / Vanessa Winn.
Unwed at 24, Margaret Work, daughter of Chief Factor John Work, worries she is fated to a life of spinsterhood as her strict and protective father forbids her and her sisters to mix with the rough-and-tumble newcomers in Fort Victoria. Based on real people and events in preconfederation British Columbia.
Colonial Victoria 1858. Born of a British father and Métis mother, Margaret Work and her sisters belong to the upper class elite of the fur-trade community, though they become targets of snobbery and racism from the new settlers. But dashing naval officers and Royal Engineers still host parties and balls, and Margaret and her sisters attend, dressed in the fashionable gowns they order from England. As happens the world over, these cultural tensions lead to love and romance.
Based on real people and events, The Chief Factor's Daughter is an elegant recreation of a now-vanished society and illuminates the aspirations and dreams of Margaret Work, a recognizable and thoroughly apealing heroine." Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781894898935 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 1894898931
- Physical Description: 280 pages ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: [Victoria, B.C.] : TouchWood Editions, c2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-279). |
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| Subject: | Hudson's Bay Company > History > 19th century > Fiction. Métis > Fiction. Young women > Fiction. Fort Victoria (B.C.) > Fiction. Victoria (B.C.) > History > Fiction. British Columbia > History > 1849-1871 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Romans à clef. Canadian fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Salt Spring Island Public Library | FIC WIN (Text) | 33123009076747 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
