The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage

“Beaubassin must go!” Pierre Lecorbeau hears the words as British ships anchor in Chignecto Bay—and learns that his village may be burned before the newcomers can land.

In 1750 Acadie, the Missaguash marks the uneasy boundary between French and British power. Pierre, an Acadian farmer’s son, races home with news of Abbé Le Loutre’s plan to destroy Beaubassin rather than let its people welcome the British. He loves France, but hates the priest who now threatens his family’s home; with soldiers gathering and the tide turning, there is little time to act. In these two stories of Acadie, Charles G. D. Roberts brings the upheaval of colonial allegiance close to the hearth, where a village’s fate rests on choices made under pressure. Can Pierre’s warning reach his family before the threat becomes fire?

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