Title: Pillars of Avalon
Author: Catherine Pym
Published: 2017
Language: English
Publisher: Books We Love Ltd.
Extension: EPUB
Size: 855 KB
Subjects: 17th century london, canadian fisheries, estalishment of canadas cod fishing trade, first female entrepreneur in north america, history of newfoundland, king charles i and colonial plantations, precursor to the hudsons bay company, sir david and lady sara kirke, the british civil wars, the english civil wars
David and Sara Kirke live in a time of upheaval under the reign of King Charles I who gives, then takes. He gives David the nod of approval to range up and down the French Canadian shores, burning colonies and pillaging ships that are loaded with goods meant for the French. When Louis XIII of France shouts his outrage, King Charles reneges. He takes David's prizes and returns them to the French, putting David and his family in dire straits.
Undeterred, David and Sara will not be denied. After years, the king relents. He knights David and gives him a grant for the whole of Newfoundland and Labrador. There David and Sara build a prosperous plantation. They trade fish and fish oil with colonies down the American coast, Barbados and ports of call in the Mediterranean. They thrive while England is torn in two by the civil wars.
Soon, these troubles engulf his family. David is carried in chains back to England to stand trial for being a malignant, a follower of Laud's high church. He entreats Sara to manage the Ferryland plantation, a daunting task but with a strength that defies a stalwart man, she digs in and prospers, becoming the first entrepreneur of Newfoundland.
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