A Lady of Lunenburg

Anna Elisabeth is one of the Protestant
Settlers who founded the town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in
1753. Her story is a weaving of hope and hardship, death and
survival played out against a backdrop of political intrigue
for the domination of North America among the kings of
England and France, the Protestant and Catholic churches and
their pawns, the Acadians, the Micmac, and the
settlers.

Lunenburg is a rocky hillside of
forest, not the prepared homesteads they had been expecting.
Elisabeth and her husband have five children, no shelter, no
crops planted, no experience at frontier life. She is
pregnant and about to go into labour. The settlers' strength
comes from the resources they find within themselves-and
their faith. With rough lumber and a handful of nails they
build shelter, survive on military rations and scant crops,
erect a church, bear children, live and die.

Elisabeth is strong willed and independent, trained to
prepare and use home remedies, an experienced midwife-a
healer where there are no doctors. Her skills provide an
entre into all segments of Lunenburg life and quickly lead
her along unpredictable paths. Her story is one of
resourcefulness, courage, love and duty.