To Have and To Hold (1900) was wildly popular—the bestselling novel of its year. In the book, Mary Johnston skillfully creates an impressive picture of colonial Jamestown, Virginia, as it struggles to survive. Narrated by Captain Ralph Percy, an English soldier turned settler, To Have and To Hold is an exciting story of how this unrefined yet gentile and chivalric man wins the affection of Lady Jocelyn Leigh, and overcomes his rival, a band of pirates, and several Indian uprisings.
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Mary Johnston (1870-1936) was an American novelist. She wrote more than twenty novels, primarily historical romances concerning such topics as the Civil War (The Long Roll and Cease Firing) and women’s social and political betterment (Hagar). Centered on colonial Virginia, her first novel, Prisoners of Hope (1898), was very successful, and To Have and to Hold became the bestselling novel of 1900.