“Le Métis de Beaubassin” is a historical novel written by Melvin Gallant. Here is some information about it:
Title of the book: The Métis of Beaubassin
Author: Melvin Gallant
Publication date: 2009
Number of pages: 328
French language
Summary: The story takes place in Beaubassin, an Acadian village founded in 1677. The story is told by Michel Haché known as Gallant, who was the personal secretary and right-hand man of Sieur LeNeuf de LaVallière, the master of the Lordship of Beaubassin. The book immerses us in the power struggles, the scandals, the relations with the Indians, the tense relations with New France, and the English attacks which often tore the Acadian colony apart.
Michel and his family ended up leaving Beaubassin for the island of Saint-Jean in 1720.
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