A Great and Noble Scheme
Subtitle: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: February 27, 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780393328271
First sentence: THE FRENCH COLONIZATION OF l'Acadie began in earnest on 13 May 1606, when the Jonas, a vessel of 150 tons, loaded with provisions and carrying forty men, weighed anchor at the port of La Rochelle and sailed for the infant outpost of Port Royal on the far side of the Atlantic.