Ebook: The Imperialist

Sara Jeannette Duncan is well known for her stories juxtaposing life in colonial Canada and the Old World. The Imperialist is the most highly acclaimed of her novels. It is set in a fictional town of Elgin, though it is a thin veil for the town where Duncan herself grew up in Brantford. Through the eyes of Lorne Murchison, we see the impoverished small town rise and fall along with his own political ambitions.