To Have and to Hold
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About This Book
o 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. Jocelyn hardly loves Ralph and, indeed, she seems to abhor him. Carnal, Jocelyn's husband-to-be, eventually comes to Jamestown, unaware that Ralph Percy and Jocelyn Leigh are man and wife. Lord Carnal attempts to kidnap Jocelyn several times and eventually follows Ralph, Jocelyn, and their two companions – Jeremy Spa...
Chapters (42)
- TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
- TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER
- TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
- CHAPTER I IN WHICH I THROW AMBS-ACE
- CHAPTER II IN WHICH I MEET MASTER JEREMY SPARROW
- CHAPTER III IN WHICH I MARRY IN HASTE
- CHAPTER IV IN WHICH I AM LIKE TO REPENT AT LEISURE
- CHAPTER V IN WHICH A WOMAN HAS HER WAY
- CHAPTER VI IN WHICH WE GO TO JAMESTOWN
- CHAPTER VII IN WHICH WE PREPARE TO FIGHT THE SPANIARD
- CHAPTER VIII IN WHICH ENTERS MY LORD CARNAL
- CHAPTER IX IN WHICH TWO DRINK OF ONE CUP
- CHAPTER X IN WHICH MASTER PORY GAINS TIME TO SOME PURPOSE
- CHAPTER XI IN WHICH I MEET AN ITALIAN DOCTOR
- CHAPTER XII IN WHICH I RECEIVE A WARNING AND REPOSE A TRUST
- CHAPTER XIII IN WHICH THE SANTA TERESA DROPS DOWNSTREAM
- CHAPTER XIV IN WHICH WE SEEK A LOST LADY
- CHAPTER XV IN WHICH WE FIND THE HAUNTED WOOD
- CHAPTER XVI IN WHICH I AM RID OF AN UNPROFITABLE SERVANT
- CHAPTER XVII IN WHICH MY LORD AND I PLAY AT BOWLS
- CHAPTER XVIII IN WHICH WE GO OUT INTO THE NIGHT
- CHAPTER XIX IN WHICH WE HAVE UNEXPECTED COMPANY
- CHAPTER XX IN WHICH WE ARE IN DESPERATE CASE
- CHAPTER XXI IN WHICH A GRAVE IS DIGGED
- CHAPTER XXII IN WHICH I CHANGE MY NAME AND OCCUPATION
- CHAPTER XXIII IN WHICH WE WRITE UPON THE SAND
- CHAPTER XXIV IN WHICH WE CHOOSE THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS
- CHAPTER XXV IN WHICH MY LORD HATH HIS DAY
- CHAPTER XXVI IN WHICH I AM BROUGHT TO TRIAL
- CHAPTER XXVII IN WHICH I FIND AN ADVOCATE
- CHAPTER XXVIII IN WHICH THE SPRINGTIME IS AT HAND
- CHAPTER XXIX IN WHICH I KEEP TRYST
- CHAPTER XXX IN WHICH WE START UPON A JOURNEY
- CHAPTER XXXI IN WHICH NANTAUQUAS COMES TO OUR RESCUE
- CHAPTER XXXII IN WHICH WE ARE THE GUESTS OF AN EMPEROR
- CHAPTER XXXIII IN WHICH MY FRIEND BECOMES MY FOE
- CHAPTER XXXIV IN WHICH THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT
- CHAPTER XXXV IN WHICH I COME TO THE GOVERNOR'S HOUSE
- CHAPTER XXXVI IN WHICH I HEAR ILL NEWS
- CHAPTER XXXVII IN WHICH MY LORD AND I PART COMPANY
- CHAPTER XXXVIII IN WHICH I GO UPON A QUEST
- CHAPTER XXXIX IN WHICH WE LISTEN TO A SONG
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