"Marie Anne and Louis Payzant had high hopes for a
new future as they left a comfortable life on the island of Jersey and
sailed with their children across the Atlantic to a new settlement on
the shores of Nova Scotia in June 1753. Both had already fled religious
persecution in their native France. In this fascinating and true account
of Louis & Marie Anne Payzant, author Linda Layton has pieced
together the couple's heartbreaking sense of loss, their struggles and
deaths set against the backdrop of one of the most chaotic times in the
history of Europe and North America. The author is the
great-great-great-great granddaughter of Marie Anne and Louis. She has
spent years researching and traveling in a quest for facts about her
ancestors The book will appeal to enthusiasts of early Canadian history
of Nova Scotia, Quebec and Acadia as well as readers who love a great
adventure story as it focuses on one woman caught in the religious
struggle between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism" - from Goodreads
Illustrated. 140pp including notes and bibliography