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Set in Jamestown in 1609, indentured servant Ellis suffers through the winter, bearing witness to the horrors committed by starving settlers.

"It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. Chocolatier Esmée Shaw is fighting her own battle of the heart. Having reached her twenty-eighth birthday, she is reconciled to life alone after a decade-old failed love affair from which she's never quite recovered. But she longs to find something worthwhile to do with her life.Captain Henri Lennox has returned to port after a lengthy absence, intent on completing...

"Discusses the early development of the colony of Jamestown."--From source other than the Library of Congress

"Historical vignettes illuminating how people lived during the colonial period in Virginia, illustrating how society functioned and how people interacted with or relied on institutions of government, including colonial religious institutions. Many of these brief narratives interweave direct quotations of participants from the period or are based on other primary source material. Included are stories of members of First Nations tribes, people of African...

1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.

"Biography of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother. Places her life as an orphan, a young wife in rural Virginia, a slaveholder, a widow, and mother to the first president in the context of the changing economic circumstances and cultural values of colonial Virginia and a young nation"-- Provided by publisher.