Northern Lights V2

By Gilbert Parker

Book Overview

""Northern Lights V2"" is a novel written by Gilbert Parker, originally published in 1909. It is the second book in the ""Northern Lights"" series, which follows the lives and adventures of a group of characters in the Canadian wilderness during the late 19th century.The story focuses on the main character, Pierre Radisson, a French-Canadian fur trader who is torn between his loyalty to his native country and his love for a young Englishwoman named Hope. As the two struggle to navigate their complicated relationship, they find themselves caught up in a dangerous game of political intrigue and espionage that threatens to tear them apart.Meanwhile, a group of Native American tribes are also caught up in the conflict, as they struggle to maintain their way of life in the face of encroaching settlers and industrialization. Through their struggles, the novel explores themes of love, loyalty, and cultural identity, offering a vivid portrait of life in the Canadian wilderness during a time of great change and upheaval.Overall, ""Northern Lights V2"" is a gripping tale of adventure, romance, and political intrigue, set against the backdrop of the rugged and beautiful Canadian wilderness. With its richly drawn characters and vivid descriptions of the natural world, it is a must-read for fans of historical fiction and adventure stories alike.Before the world her head was still held high, but in the attic-room, and out on the prairies far away, where only the coyote or the prairie- hen saw, her head drooped, and her eyes grew heavy with pain and sombre protest. Once in an agony of loneliness, and cruelly hurt by a conspicuous slight put upon her at the Portage by the wife of the Reeve of the town, who had daughters twain of pure white blood got from behind the bar of a saloon in Winnipeg, she had thrown open her window at night with the frost below zero, and stood in her thin nightdress, craving the death which she hoped the cold would give her soon.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419137336
• ISBN13: 9781419137334
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.6" x 9.3"