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Children's Fiction Military & Wars

The Lady at Batoche

by (author) David Richards

Publisher
Thistledown Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2006
Category
Military & Wars
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781895449877
    Publish Date
    Oct 2006
    List Price
    $9.95

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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.

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