Blackrobe is a novel written by Robert E. Wall. Released in 1981, it is the first novel in Wall's The Canadians series and tells of a young boy being kidnapped and raised by Jesuits.
Characters[]
- Stephen Nowell - kidnapped by Natives as a young boy and brought to a Jesuit college
- Sarah Nowell - Stephen's mother
- Socono - a Native who watches over Stephen
- Lalonde - a "conniving, tortured Jesuit"
- Molly Brant - a Native princess
- William Vaughn
- Josiah
- Joseph Moulton
- Daniel Pierce
rest to be added
Publisher's summary[]
They are a special breed. And this is their story, the gripping saga of the conquest of a continent - a wilderness - by men and women driven by Kings' decrees and acts of God - by social upheaval and political explosions - and by their own consuming loves and raging hates, fierce loyalties and unyielding vows of revenge.
THE BLACKROBE Stephen Nowell - first a boy caught in the whirlwind of history. Torn from the arms of his family, he is captured by Indians and raised by Jesuits - missionaries who train him, mold him, until he is ready to take his vows. But one mystery remains to haunt him. What was his birthright? In his search for his roots, Stephen finds that his fiercely guarded past has become a burning issue of the present and of the future. And he finds the love he seeks in the arms of a passionate and powerful Indian princess.
WARS OF THE HEART AND WARS OF GREAT NATIONS ARE FOUGHT BY ALL WHO LAY CLAIM TO THE NEW LAND
See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason & Dixon | Thomas Pynchon | 1997 | A novel which ruminates on Jesuit colleges and Natives in pre-Revolutionary America |
| The Bastard | John Jakes | 1974 | A novel with a similar plot |
| Unconquered | Neil H. Swason | 1947 | A novel with a vaguely similar plot |
Sources[]
- Goodreads