Biography & Autobiography Women
Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe 1762-1850
A Biography
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1989
- Category
- Women, General, Historical
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550020649
- Publish Date
- Sep 1989
- List Price
- $16.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554881536
- Publish Date
- Sep 1989
- List Price
- $7.99
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Description
The diaries, letters, and sketches of Elizabeth Simcoe are drawn upon as sources in this portrayal of the energetic and remarkable woman who came to Upper Canada with her husband when he was appointed lieutenant governor.
About the author
Mary Beacock Fryer is a well-known expert on Upper Canadian history. She has written a trilogy on the Simcoe family: Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe: A Biography, Our Young Soldier: Lieutenant Francis Simcoe, 6 June 1791–6 April 1812, and John Graves Simcoe: 1752–1806, A Biography. Among Fryer's other books are Escape, Beginning Again, and Buckskin Pimpernel.
Editorial Reviews
Well researched and readable as a novel. It will delight everyone concerned with English upper-class life in the age of the Prince Regent or with the troubled rise of pioneer Ontario.
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