An Earl Must Have a Wife - Will R
Bird in a blend of history and fiction recreates Joseph Frederick
Wallet DesBarres, Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton Island from
1784-87 and of Prince Edward Island from 1804-12 - one of the most
extraordinary characters ever known in Nova Scotia. a soldier,
surveyor, fluent
speaker, scrupulously honest, yet he was notorious even in those days
for
his many affairs with women. His two common-law wives were Mary Cannon
and
Martha Williams. The story is a mixture of fact & fiction. The
author
read more than 1,000 letters written by or addressed to DesBarres. The
gaps
in the record have been filled in by the author from archival material
&
where none existed he has used reasonable conjecture. Hard Cover. 236
pages. Dust Jacket - some small tears on the edges. Interior clean.
Used book in good condition.
Book # 720. 1969 appears to be first edition.
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