The Manor House of de Villerai: A Tale of Canada Under the French Dominion

By Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon

Rosanna Mullins Leprohon's The Manor House of De Villerai, A Tale of Canada Under the French Dominionis a literary milestone--it is the first Canadian historical novel, in English or French, to rewrite the conquest of the French Canadians from the perspective of history's vanquished. Its revisionary account of the fall of New France is framed around a love triangle between the heroine, Blanche De Villerai, her childhood betrothed, Gustave de Montarville, and Blanche's servant, Rose Lauzon. Popular in its original serial publication and once widely reprinted in French translation, but now out of print, The Manor House of De Villeraiis a long-overlooked Canadian classic. In addition to the text originally serialized in the Family Heraldmagazine, this Broadview Edition includes extensive documents on the novel's reception, Leprohon's historical sources and literary precedents, and maps and art from the period.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554811309
• ISBN13: 9781554811304
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"