Children's Fiction Military & Wars
The Lady at Batoche
- Publisher
- Thistledown Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2006
- Category
- Military & Wars
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781895449877
- Publish Date
- Oct 2006
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
Winner of the 1999 Saskatchewan Book Award for Young Adult Fiction
The Lady at Batoche is a story of three young people who are changed forever by the brutal simplicities of battle. It shares the same meticulous research and vivid recreation of history as Soldier Boys but also answers some puzzling riddles of the Métis rebellion: why did Gabriel Dumont put such faith in the unworldly visions of Louis Riel? Why were the implacable enemies, Dakota and Cree warriors, both on the Métis side? And how did the Métis get outflanked by General Middleton’s forces?
About the author
David Adams Richards is a resident of Fredericton and is one of only three Canadian writers who have won Governor General's Awards for Fiction and Non-Fiction. His novel Mercy Among the Children won the 2000 Giller Prize, while his most recent novel, Incidents in the Life of Marcus Paul, won the 2012 Thomas H. Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.
