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Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe 1762-1850

A Biography

by (author) Mary Beacock Fryer

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1989
Category
Women, General, Historical
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550020649
    Publish Date
    Sep 1989
    List Price
    $16.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554881536
    Publish Date
    Sep 1989
    List Price
    $7.99

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Description

The diaries, letters, and sketches of Elizabeth Simcoe are drawn upon as sources in this portrayal of the energetic and remarkable woman who came to Upper Canada with her husband when he was appointed lieutenant governor.

About the author

Mary Beacock Fryer is a well-known expert on Upper Canadian history. She has written a trilogy on the Simcoe family: Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe: A Biography, Our Young Soldier: Lieutenant Francis Simcoe, 6 June 1791–6 April 1812, and John Graves Simcoe: 1752–1806, A Biography. Among Fryer's other books are Escape, Beginning Again, and Buckskin Pimpernel.

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Editorial Reviews

Well researched and readable as a novel. It will delight everyone concerned with English upper-class life in the age of the Prince Regent or with the troubled rise of pioneer Ontario.

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