CaxtonThird in the popular historical series, Sparrowhawk Book Three: Caxton follows Jack Frake (Book One) and Hugh Kenrick (Book Two) as they meet in Colonial Virginia. Jack is a successful planter with a lifetime of experience since he was brought to Virginia as an indentured felon. Hugh, completing his education in Philadelphia, decides not to immediately return to England, but to purchase a plantation. Both take extraordinary actions to preserve their lives, fortunes, and moral independence in the turbulent period following the French and Indian War. |
Contents
The Visitors | 1 |
The Town | 12 |
The Plantation | 25 |
The Ball | 33 |
The Encounter | 43 |
The Empty Houses | 58 |
The Empty Houses | 68 |
The Newcomer | 81 |
The Rivals | 135 |
The Conduit | 142 |
The Riddle | 155 |
The Hiatus | 162 |
The Journey Home | 171 |
The Homecoming | 174 |
The Member for Swansditch | 184 |
The Voyage Home | 195 |
The Master | 87 |
The Host | 99 |
The Olympians | 108 |
The Governor | 114 |
The Freeman | 125 |
The Bellwether | 203 |
The Autumn | 207 |
The News | 212 |
The Words | 217 |
Common terms and phrases
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