Set during the Jacobite uprising of  1715.  James, Earl of Derwentwater loses his life for his espousal of the cause; his brother Charles is the last Englishman to die for the Jacobites.  Charles,  a Catholic nobleman who joined the short-lived Jacobite rebellion of 1715, had a daughter, Jenny,  by a secret marriage. Set in the Northumbrian wilds, teeming London, and colonial Virginia – where Jenny eventually settled on the estate of the famous William Byrd of Westover – Jenny’s story reveals one young woman’s loyalty, passion and courage as she struggles in a life divided between the Old World and the New. Anya Seton writes a well-researched, good story every time.