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To Have and to Hold is the story of an English soldier, Ralph Percy, turned Virginian explorer in colonial Jamestown. Ralph buys a wife for himself - a girl named Jocelyn Leigh - little knowing that she is the escaping ward of King James I, fleeing a forced marriage to Lord Carnal... Read Full Overview

To Have and To Hold by Mary Johnston is a historical romance novel published in 1900. Set in colonial Virginia in the late 17th century, the novel follows the story of Lady Jocelyn Leigh, a headstrong and independent Englishwoman who travels to the New World to marry a wealthy... Read Full Overview

This was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1900, made into movies several times in subsequent years. It is set in colonial North America, beginning in the year 1621. A new movie adapted from the book was filmed in 2011. The dialog is Early Modern English, somewhat... Read Full Overview