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What is a promise worth when war puts friendship and country on opposite sides?
In Cameron of Lochiel, the world of New France stands on the edge of change. Along the Saint Lawrence River, war and British control reshape the old French colony. Philippe Aubert de Gaspé’s historical romance places private lives against this public upheaval, where loyalty carries a deeply personal cost.
Friendship, family, honor and country pull in different directions. The story invites you to consider what people owe one another when nations divide them. Its slower pace leaves room for customs, landscape and conversation, drawing you toward the texture of a society whose familiar ways face an uncertain future.
What you’ll discover
- A world facing change Enter New France as war and uncertainty unsettle the life of the old colony.
- Friendship across divided loyalties Consider the strength of personal bonds when conflict puts allegiance under strain.
- The weight of honor Explore the competing claims of family, country and friendship in a time of upheaval.
- Room to linger Spend time with customs, landscape and talk rather than rushing from event to event.
- History through private lives See how the fall of New France gives questions of loyalty their urgency.
Who will love it
For readers who love Canadian history, Highland tales and friendships tested by war.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A prankster and a Highlander become brothers
- José's tales fill the road with witches
- Archie swims into a river of breaking ice
- A seigneur's table and a May Day gun salute
- The manor witch speaks of fire and blood
- A gentleman who gave too much warns Jules
- An omen, a mother's tale and a hard parting
- A farewell shaped by hopes of battle
- Kindness reaches beyond rank
- What honor, gratitude and memory mean here
Who’s who
- Archie of LochielA tall Scottish exile from the Highlands, raised among Canadians, who is strong, reserved and loyal, and who wants to repay a debt of kindness.
- Jules D'HabervilleThe sharp-tongued, big-hearted son of a seigneur, who teases the people he loves most and wants to serve his country as a soldier.
- Blanche D'HabervilleJules's wise and gentle sister, devoted to her family and to the honor of her country, with a strong will behind her calm.
- Captain D'HabervilleA proud, warm-hearted officer of the colonial marine, who loves his family fiercely and finds it hard to forgive an injury.
- Uncle RaoulThe captain's lame, ugly, learned brother, who manages the manor, quotes Latin, sings loudly and curses the English with spirit.
- JoséThe captain's foster brother and servant, a gifted storyteller who guards the family with cheerful devotion and often cites his late father.
- DumaisA brave habitant and soldier who owes his life to Archie and hopes to find some way to repay the debt.
- M. d'EgmontThe good gentleman, a ruined and generous old man who lives in a cottage and gives Jules wise counsel about money and friends.
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Cameron of Lochiel
by Philippe Aubert de Gaspé · 1863
A Highland orphan and a French Canadian prankster swear brotherhood just before war tears New France apart.
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What happens to a friendship when two nations go to war? It follows Jules D'Haberville, a mischievous French Canadian, and Archie of Lochiel, an exiled Scottish Highlander, who pledge lifelong friendship as boys.
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A prankster and a Highlander become brothers
The story opens in Quebec in 1757, as two students leave the Jesuit college. Jules D'Haberville is a small, quick, dark-eyed Canadian who lives for mischief. Archibald Cameron of Lochiel, called Archie, is a tall, fair Scot whose father fell at Culloden, and who was sent to Quebec as a penniless orphan.
Jules teases Archie without mercy, yet lets no one else do it. His kindness also reaches Dubuc, a student who once kicked him. When Dubuc fears his father's anger over debts, Jules borrows money from a former family servant to help him.
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What is Cameron of Lochiel about?
It follows Jules D'Haberville, a French Canadian, and Archie of Lochiel, a Scottish exile, from school days in Quebec through the English conquest of New France. Their friendship is tested by war, honor and gratitude.
Who is Archie of Lochiel in the book?
Archie is Archibald Cameron of Lochiel, a Highlander whose father fell at Culloden. He is raised by Jesuits in Quebec, becomes like a son to the D'Habervilles, and later serves as a British officer.
Is Cameron of Lochiel a true story?
It blends the conquest of New France with friendship and family life. The narrator draws on memories and anecdotes, and calls it a true story near the close.
The author
Philippe Aubert de Gaspé
French Canadian novelist
Philippe Aubert de Gaspé was a Canadian writer and lawyer born in Quebec City in 1786. He lived in Quebec City and Saint-Jean-Port-Joli and died in Quebec City in 1871. He published the novel Les Anciens Canadiens, translated as Cameron of Lochiel, in 1863, and his memoirs in 1866.
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