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Unlikely Rebels
Paperback
Publisher: Evelyn Cohoon Dreiling
Published: Dec 27 2023
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A historical fiction story of two young lovers caught up in the tumultuous 1960s in Quebec, Canada. While the FLQ, (Front de liberation du Quebec), the infamous Quebec liberation front raged, setting bombs, creating chaos to force the hand of the federal government and gain full independence, citizens cowered and coped with the Canadian Army enforcing the War Measures Act. Lots of suspense, drama, against the background of chaos.
The FLQ was a revolutionary movement that began in the early 1960s at the University of Montreal. In the beginning, young students gathered to plan and protest for the total independence of Quebec. When a frustrated ragtag group of rebels intensified their rebellious actions using bombings and kidnappings to force the hand of the government, the city of Montreal descended into fear.
When Claudette, a young graduate student and her lover, Karl, a newly arrived refugee from rebel-infested Hungary fall in love, they had no idea their lives would be drastically affected by Claudette's dreams of independence with her FLQ friends.
Claudette risks losing her marriage over the constant conflicts with Karl over her strong political views, who is afraid of being deported for belonging to this outlaw group.
Based on real events with real personalities, this novel is partly historical fiction. It includes passages quoting Charles de Gaulle and a visit from Queen Elizabeth during her visit to Expo 67.
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