Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe 1762-1850

Regular price €16.99
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
A01=Mary Beacock Fryer
Author_Mary Beacock Fryer
Category=DNBH
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction

Product details

  • ISBN 9781550020649
  • Weight: 396g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 19 Oct 1989
  • Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: CA
  • Product Form: Paperback
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns

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.

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: 1752-186, A Biography. Among Fryer's other books are Escape, Beginning Again, and Buckskin Pimpernel.

More from this author