Madeleine
Last French Casquette Bride in New Orleans
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
In 1728, beautiful, resourceful Madeleine Boucher is one of the last group of poor young girls given modest dowries in trunks, or casquettes, by the French government-then shipped off to America, where they are intended as wives for the French settlers in the Louisiana Territory. Despite a series of romantic travails, Madeleine remains fiercely dedicated to finding true passion and securing the promise of her new adopted land, free from the prejudices of the past.
The story of Madeleine and the other casquette girls is the story of New Orleans itself. Like the city, they struggled through Indians, hurricanes, fires, and floods. Like the city, they absorbed the shocks and assimilated the dominance of other cultures, while remaining steadfastly French.
Madeleine's brutal but enlightening journey vividly brings back to life a forgotten era, a history, a people-and the nation they came to call their own.
~ Terri Cheney, New York Times bestselling author of Manic and Modern Madness
Customer Reviews
Madeleine
I thought Madeleine: Last French Casquette Bride in New Orleans to be a really good read. It is, also, the first book I have read by Wanda Maureen Miller and it will not be the last. I loved being transported back in time to the early eighteenth century. I enjoyed getting to know Madeleine. She grew on me more and more throughout the story. There was a lot that I love to read in a book within the pages: danger, adventure, action, romance and history. I could not put it down from the time I started until I read the very last page.
Madeleine: Last French Casquette Bride in New Orleans will be getting a very well deserved five plus stars from me. I recommend it for readers who enjoy reading historical romance. I will be looking forward to reading more by Wanda Maureen Miller in the future. This one should definitely not to be missed.
I received a paperback copy of Madeleine: Last French Casquette Bride in New Orleans from the publisher. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.