French Baron of Pentagouet
- Author: Aline S. Taylor
- SKU: 1835
- ISBN: 0897253124
- Our Price:
$24.95
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Description:
(CASTINE) THE FRENCH BARON OF PENTAGOUET. By Aline S. Taylor. 224pp., dust jacket, 901 entry surname index and 1,138 entry place name index. Maps and illustrations. Smythe sewn and hard cover. 1998. #1835 $24.95
In 1665 thirteen-year-old Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie, heir to the French barony of St. Castine, enlisted as a cadet in a French regiment sent to protect France's North American colony from Iroquois and English attack. Over the next four decades, Jean-Vincent became a pivotal figure in the struggle for survival among the French, English and native Americans in what is today New England.
The French Baron of Pentagouet is real, carefully researched history that reads like action-packed fiction. This account of the baron's exploits--from delivering ransom notes to escaping assassination attempts to leading Native American war parties--portrays a complex man driven by sometimes conflicting motives and able to inspire fear and admiration in equal measure. At the same time, it depicts the daily life of the Abenaki, the challenges confronting the European settlers, and the bloody and often corrupt clash of empires and ambitions.
