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Author: Mary Johnston
First Published: 1900
Type of Plot: Historical romance
Time of Work: 1621-1622
Setting: Jamestown, Virginia, and vicinity, and the West Indies
Principal Characters: Captain Ralph Percy, Jocelyn Leigh, Lord Carnal, Jeremy Sparrow, Diccon, John Rolfe, Nicolo
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

Ralph Percy’s first-person narrative begins in 1621, only fourteen years after the founding of the Jamestown colony, where he has settled as a tobacco farmer after serving in the European wars. His friend John Rolfe urges him to marry one of the brides for sale who have just arrived from England. Idly casting dice, Percy vows that if he throws ambsace, he will go buy a bride—and ambsace he throws. Among the milkmaids, he sees a dark-eyed and dazzling beauty who returns his look with scorn. After Percy rescues her from the forceful advances of Edward Sharpless,...

To Have and to Hold | To Have and to Hold

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