Maxwells of Montreal I, The
Maxwells of Montreal, The; by Violette Nakhjavani (HC, 422 pp)
One family, bonded in their love for the Baha'i Faith and for each other, committed through decades of uninterrupted service to the promotion and establishment of that Faith worldwide. They were born during the Heroic Age of the Faith - the parents during the lifetime of Baha'u'llah, the child during the Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Baha - and they lived to serve the Guardian of the Cause during the early decades of the Formative Age at the most critical time in his ministry.
Volume I (Early Years) covers the years 1870 - 1922, beginning with the childhood years of May Bolles and Sutherland Maxwell; their youth, their meeting and courtship in Paris; their marriage and their first pilgrimages. It tells the story of the birth of their daughter and the historic visit of 'Abdu'l-Baha to their hom ein Montreal just before World War I. It also describes the early development and training of young Mary...