![]() ![]() It was a bestseller in its time, with reprints in 19. You can read it through Google books, through Gutenberg, or purchase any number of the editions published since 1899. To Have and to Hold was originally published as a serial in Atlantic Monthly. Publisher’s ad in the back of The Honorable Peter Stirling and what People Thought of Him Is it a must read romance novel? Not unless you want to have a sense of late 19th century romantic ideals or take a trip to historical Jamestown. Obstacles are overcome and we end with two characters sharing wedded bliss, but more attention is given to the external dangers they overcome or escape than to the emotional journey of the characters. My review of Mary Johnston’s To Have and to Hold Reasons to read this title: Swashbuckling adventure, like Kidnapped or The Princess Bride. ![]() She is… a beautiful young orphan, ward of the king of England. He is… a war veteran with an unyielding sense of honor. Setting time & place: 1621 Jamestown, Virginia Colony To Have and To Hold is a gilded age tale of love and adventure by Virginian author, Mary Johnston, who set the tale in the history of her home: Colonial Jamestown. ![]()
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