Progeny Unbound
Peace Be to This House
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Adolphus recognized that the anger would be channeled into action once the opposition could be gathered at an open-air rally. Hurrying east on Rue Notre-Dame he became part of the throng that were waiting for Moffatt, Gugy and other dissenters to speak their piece. When they did address the crowd, their repetition of the argument for petitioning London appeared too tame given the current mood. There were yells of “Fire” and the sounding of the alarm, which provoked the firemen in the crowd to rush back to the Marché Saint Anne. Again Adolphus followed this surge, although he could see no evidence of a conflagration. But the firemen at the door of the Parliament were not deterred by a barred entrance. It was almost inevitable that in this atmosphere any restraint would be ignored. The main portal yielded to the axes and a battering ram and the same weapons were undoubtedly being employed upstairs even though the House of Assembly was still in session.
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In this fifth and final installment of the Hart family dynasty chronicles, Charles Law turns to mid-nineteenth century Quebec, Canada, to capture the rise and fall of the next generation of the Hart family. What is this third generation of Harts to make of their forbears’ pursuit of wealth? The “cousins,” the multiple grandchildren of Dolly and Aaron Hart, were taught to revere their grandfather, though none ever knew him while he was alive. But they have little reason to emulate so illustrious a personage who, after all, was no more than a shopkeeper, sutler, fur trader, and minor landowner before he died in 1800. Instead, this generation clings to Hart’s legend of being a British army officer; most become lawyers, doctors, or industrialists because of the money he accumulated and his sons Moses and Ezekiel aggrandized. These fortunes require protection via the law—and it was rather farsighted that several of the “cousins” learned the law. In the year or two following the suppression of the Papineau-led rebellion in Canada, this learning is put to more political purposes, and Aaron Philip, Aaron Ezekiel, and Adolphus Mordecai are all involved in the aftermath of that failed struggle. In their hands, the dynasty takes a different turn, perhaps one far removed from their patriarch’s enduring legacy.
About the Author
Charles Law is a semi-retired journalist and publisher born in Saskatchewan, educated in Winnipeg and Montreal, and now residing in Toronto, Canada. His other novels include Aaron’s Covenant, Spake Unto Moses, Ezekiel Rebuffed, and Brother Benjamin.