The Lily and the Cross: A Tale of Acadia

James De Mille

Formac Publishing Company Limited, Aug 10, 2011 - Fiction - 248 pages

Intrigues from Old France haunt the lives of young lovers as they face revenge and death in this pre-Acadian Deportation novel that ranges from Boston to Grand Pré to Fortress Louisbourg. Published in Boston in 1874, The Lily and the Cross demonstrates New Brunswick-born James De Mille at his popular story-telling best.

About the author

JAMES DE MILLE was born in Saint John, NB, in 1833, and educated at Acadia College, Wolfville, NS, and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. He taught at Acadia College and Dalhousie College in Halifax. He had a successful career as a prolific and popular novelist. He died in 1880, and his best known novel, A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, was published posthumously in 1888.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Lily and the Cross: A Tale of Acadia; Fiction Treasures; Formac fiction treasures
• Author: James De Mille
• Contributor: Michael Peterman
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2011
• ISBN: 088780974X, 9780887809743
• Length: 248 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Erotica / General; Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Romance / Erotic; Fiction / Romance / General; Fiction / Romance / Historical / General