Love Strong as Death: Lucy Peel's Canadian Journal, 1833-1836

by J.I. Little

A transcription of Lucy Peel's wonderfully readable journal was recently discovered in her descendent's house in Norwich, England. Sent in regular installments to her transatlantic relatives, the journal presents an intimate narrative of Lucy's Canadian sojourn with her husband, Edmund Peel, an officer on leave from the British navy. Her daily entries begin with their departure as a young, newlywed couple from the shores of England in 1833 and end...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889203733
• ISBN13: 9780889203730
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 50.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"