To Have and to Hold (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Johnston
- First Published: 1900
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1621-1622
- Setting: In and near Jamestown, Virginia, and the West Indies
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Virginia, Colonies or colonization, Love or romance, Native Americans or American Indians, West Indies, Seventeenth century, Adventure, Pirates
- Locales: Virginia, West Indies, Jamestown, VA
Characters Discussed
Captain Ralph Percy, a Virginia planter and veteran of the Dutch war for independence. He was among the first settlers at Jamestown. Against his better judgment, he takes the advice of his good friend, John Rolfe, and seeks a wife among the women who arrive in the colony early in 1621. Rescuing her from the rude attentions of some of his fellow colonists, Percy chooses on impulse the haughty but beautiful Jocelyn Leigh. By his marriage, he incurs the wrath of Lord Carnal. He risks imprisonment and death to win the respect and eventually the love of his...
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