Marguerite of the Isle of Demons

Description

True story of a French princess abandoned off northern Newfoundland in the 16th century. Marguerite de la Roberval was sailing to the New World when she fell in love with the handsome army lieutenant Pierre de Val Cormier. Their love so enraged her uncle, Jean Francois de Roberval, that he cruelly abandoned the young couple and her maid on Quirpon Island (the Isle of Demons) off northern Newfoundland. A moving, fast paced story of survival against all odds.