To Have and to Hold - Hardcover

by Mary Johnston (Author)

When a ship of "maidens for wives" anchors at Jamestown, Captain Ralph Percy chooses a quiet Puritan girl-so he thinks. Jocelyn Leigh is in truth the ward of King James, escaping a marriage to the ruthless Lord Carnal. What begins as a bargain becomes a gauntlet: duels in moonlit clearings, escapes by river, pirates and plots, and a governor's justice that cuts both ways. Set across 1621-1622, the novel threads its romance through authentic colonial events and places, bringing to life the precarious English foothold in America.

A landmark bestseller, To Have and to Hold offers more than thrills: it cultivates admiration for courage, constancy, and self-mastery, while opening a window onto the perils and hope of America's earliest settlers.