Author Night at Hubbell Library: Richard Robbins

First Lady of the New World

Felicite St. Maxent, a brilliant and beautiful Creole commoner in colonial New Orleans, rises to become the most powerful woman in the New World and a hero of the American Revolution.

First Lady of the New World, a historical novel based on real events, tells the story of Felicite St. Maxent, the daughter of a wealthy businessman in colonial New Orleans who is tragically widowed at the age of eighteen. She soon meets the dashing young Spanish General Bernardo de Galvez on his first day as governor, and despite the scandal of their courtship, they receive the King's blessing to marry.

Through wisdom and bravery, they restore New Orleans to prosperity and, through epic battles, drive the British from the American South, becoming heroes of the American Revolution.

Felicite and Bernardo travel to Europe and enchant the Royal Courts throughout the continent before being named Viceroyals of Mexico City, the most powerful position in the New World. It is there that they meet their greatest challenges and peril.

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