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Weaving a tapestry of fact and fiction, Sara Donati's epic novel sweeps us into another time and place...and into the heart of a forbidden affair between an unconventional Englishwoman and an American frontiersman. It is December of 1792. Elizabeth Middleton leaves her comfortable English... read more

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Elizabeth Middleton, twenty-nine years old and unmarried, overly educated and excessively rational, knowing right from wrong and fancy from fact, woke in a nest of marten and fox pelts to the sight of an eagle circling overhead, and saw at once that it could not be far to Paradise.

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This is book 1 of 6 in The Wilderness Series. (standard series)

Followed by Dawn on a Distant Shore.

This is book 80 of 145 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 41 of 121 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2012). (authoritative list)

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  1. Sara Donati (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0553107364
Page Count: 705

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Reading Level: Adults

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