Last week saw the fourth anniversary of the publication of my first book - "New Beginnings in Vancouver Island" and today sees the third and final book in this Colville series with "Farewell to Vancouver Island". It tells Sam Gray's story in the Fraser River goldfields. When I stop to think about it, that's six… Continue reading Two sagas and six Books!l
My debut novel. For over six months the emigrants were cooped up on the Princess Rose, a three masted barque that had carried them from Liverpool to Canada. In Victoria they were transferred to The Beaver a steam powered side wheeler. They approach Colville, their new home. "To be charitable, the settlement looked promising, if… Continue reading Colville’s Bastion
My debut novel It's 1854 and my heroine is standing on the quay with colliers from Whitehaven and Brierley Hill who have signed up with the Hudson's Bay Company to open the mines on Vancouver Island in Colville. "The first thing Kate McAvoy registered when she and her family stepped out of the brougham onto… Continue reading Leaving Liverpool
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