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Marie-Andr&233 Duplessis (1687-1760) guided the Augustinian sisters at the H&244tel-Dieu of Quebec - the oldest hospital north of Mexico - where she was elected mother superior six times. Although often overshadowed by colonial nuns who became foundresses or saints, she was a powerhouse during the last decades of the French regime and an accomplished woman of letters. She has been credited with Canada&8217s first literary narrative, Canada&8217s first music manual, and the first book by a Canadian woman printed during her own lifetime. In A Touch of Fire, the first biography of Duplessis, Thomas Carr analyzes how she navigated, in peace and war, the unstable, male-dominated colonial world of New France. Through a study of Duplessiss correspondence, her writings, and the rich H&244tel-Dieu archives, Carr details how she channelled the fire of her commitment to the hospital in order