Valentine manor tale blends romance and duty
A dramatic Louisiana tale unfolds with Madeleine de Valette and Gilbert Steele against family constraints and social duty. Old Christian the slave receives a candle tribute as the household wrestles with debt, honor, and impending matrimony within De Valette clan.
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A slender young figure descends toward Valerie along a sunlit bayou path. She moves with the joyous energy of youth, trailing the memory of a tantalizing butterfly that distracted her from time and place.
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Ain
Marguerite
Valette
Aunt Marguerite
Marie
Valerie
The De Valettes Candles and a Tragic Mystery
In a village tale retold by Louise and Father O Mara a De Valette hero returns home to find the chapel candles and a haunting family custom tied to a past tragedy. The tale traces crusade seafarers, a countship in Normandy and a chapel vigil that links love, war, and fate.
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Harry Leon Wilson
Porter Emerson Browne
Mr. Browne
Madeleine de Valetic
Gilbert Steele
Andrew Jackson
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M. de Vatetle
Medeleine
Father O'Mara
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Christie
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Madeleine
Parich Pixos
Soul
Tineo
Pheleine
Mile Madeleine
Ustoma
Val Fey
Charlemagne
France
Chateau
Philip
Hivly
All Valette
Ling
Iirth
Miche
Christian
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