Land of a Thousand Sorrows
![Montage of the book "Land of a thousand sorrows" and an image of its author François-Maurice LePailleur.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/lepailleur-lignee-quebecoise_quebec-dynasty/wp-content/uploads/sites/153/2021/12/sorrows.jpg)
Source (book): Land of a thousand sorrows (translation from French), By University of British Columbia Press et Provincial Archives of British Columbia
Source (image): Archives Nationales du Québec in Québec: P1000, S4, PL106
English translation of the Journal d’un patriote exilé en Australie, 1839-1845 by François-Maurice LePailleur. The diary relates the events he went through during his exile.
Dedication (translated):
Dear Domitilde, if I’m writing this little memoir, it’s to have the pleasure of reminding you in part of what happened in my exile, I would never have
taken the trouble to write a memoir if it wasn’t for you.