To Have and To Holdby Mary Johnston | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - Historical" |
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| Pages: | 403 |
| Year of Publication: | 1899 |
| Date Added: | 02/12/2019 |
| Date Read: | 09/04/2019 |
| Notes: | Ralph Percy is a gentleman soldier who lives down the river from the pioneer settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. When he hears that a shipment of women has arrived from England to provide wives for the settlers, he heads into town. He's drawn to one woman who seems to be of a much higher class than the others. She agrees to marry him, but as soon as the ceremony is over, she tells him who she really is. She's Jocelyn Leigh, a member of the king's household, who has fled because the king demanded that she marry Lord Carnal, whom she hated. Percy realizes that he has a wife who has no interest in him, but he determines to live by his vows. Things get complicated when Lord Carnal arrives on the next ship, insisting that Jocelyn return to England with him. From there, the story is a sequence of dangerous adventures for Percy and his wife—sword fights, attempted murders, shipwrecks, pirates, Indians. Along the way, Jocelyn grows to love Percy. In the end, they are together very much in love, Lord Carnal is dead, and the king has given his consent to their marriage. |
| My Rating: | 7 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2019-09-04 09:23:20
