''Voyageurs'' is the title of the 2003 novel by Scottish writer

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. It sets a young

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farmer from rural England in search of his missing missionary sister; he must work as a ''

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'' to have any hope of finding her.

References

* Charles, Ron
A brother's sacred, deadly duty
(Review of ''Voyageurs'' at

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) * Soderstrom, Mary

Review of ''Voyageurs'' at Quill and Quire]) 2003 British novels Scottish novels Novels set in Northern Ontario Canongate Books books {{2000s-hist-novel-stub