As a novel of adventure and redemption and as a story of a woman coming into her own, Allegra Goodman’s 16th-century tale, Isola, is a rewarding read.
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As a novel of adventure and redemption and as a story of a woman coming into her own, Allegra Goodman’s 16th-century tale, Isola, is a rewarding read.
Marguerite de la Rocque de Roberval lived in 16th-century France until she set sail with her guardian, who aimed to establish a colony near what is now Quebec. The facts of Marguerite’s true story are tantalizingly few, but, by all accounts, she and her maid, Damienne, traveled to New France along with a man who…
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