Charlotte's Rose--justifiably back in print--tells the story of a young Welsh girl, Charlotte Edwards, who, soon after her mother dies, sails with her father from England to the United States to become part of a company of Mormon handcart pioneers--emigrants with no horses or oxen who themselves pulled the heavy carts filled with their belongings. These were arduous journeys. While on the Mormon Trail, Charlotte befriends a young mother who later dies in childbirth. Though only 12 years old, Charlotte assumes responsibility for the infant and carries her to Utah. Over the course of their journ... View More...
From bestselling author Orson Scott Card comes another riveting novel exploring the relationships, the settings, and the stories of the Old Testament. In this volume, Rebekah leaves her father's house to marry Isaac, the studious young son of the storied Sarah and Abraham, only to find herself caught up in a series of painful rivalries, first between her husband and his brother, Ishmael, and later between her sons, Jacob and Esau. Through it all she finds her own relationship with God and does her best to serve His cause in the lives of those she loves. View More...
In epic style, the new historical fiction series Prelude to Glory chronicles the miraculous events that gave birth to a new nation. In Our Sacred Honor, the first volume in the series, master storyteller Ron Carter presents the early events of the Revolutionary War through the eyes of common people. We meet the heroes, but we see them through the eyes and hearts of the soldiers and the sailors, men and women, who came out of the shops, fields, and forests and paid the price. No human mind could ever have created a plot so diverse, so intensely gripping, so inspiring as the story of the America... View More...
In epic style, the new historical fiction series Prelude to Glory chronicles the miraculous events that gave birth to a new nation. In Our Sacred Honor, the first volume in the series, master storyteller Ron Carter presents the early events of the Revolutionary War through the eyes of common people. We meet the heroes, but we see them through the eyes and hearts of the soldiers and the sailors, men and women, who came out of the shops, fields, and forests and paid the price. No human mind could ever have created a plot so diverse, so intensely gripping, so inspiring as the story of the America... View More...
The Americans had stunned the world by winning their independence from the mightiest military power on earth and creating a startling new constitution that vested ultimate power in the common man. No one had anticipated that, by the 1790s, the giants of the world -- England France, Spain and Russia -- would again be caught up in war, with the United States trapped in the middle. View More...
In the Summer of 1777 with an army still half the size of the British forces, General Washington could not survive a head-on battle but could only pick a favorable time and place. After two disappointing defeats and a near disastrous winter at Valley Forge, the American army gets help from two lively characters - Baron Friedrich von Steuben and the Marquis de Lafayette. View More...
General Washington's army is all but shattered after five catastrophic defeats. Only the coming of winter will save his retreating and demoralized army. Their enlistments expire December 31st. Will Washington soon be a general without an army. Can a desperate plan to cross the icy Delaware before dawn on Christmas Day surprise a powerful enemy and save the Revolution? View More...
These are the times that try men's souls, writes journalist Thomas Paine at the end of 1776, a dark time in America's struggle for freedom. As the dramatic events depicted in volume 2 of the monumental Prelude to Glory series show, the high price of liberty for which the colonists fought would include great sacrifice and endurance--even in the face of apparent defeat. Focusing primarily on events between June and December 1776, this installment in the series follows Billy Weems (friend of Matthew Dunson from volume 1) to the battlefields in the New York area, where General George Washington co... View More...
In Volume 7 of this 8 Volume series, the war has ended and the victorious soldiers head home penniless, still having received little pay for their sacrifices and service. The states are still seen as different countries, each with their own currency and political organization. The soldiers return home to find that many of their farms and homes are being foreclosed. Many of the desperate soldiers march on Philadelphia, while others marched on the closest government centers to their homes demanding their wages, their homes and farms. As this new nation is born, American fights against American. ... View More...
After American victories at Trenton and Princeton the stage is set for the critical battle of Saratoga where the American and British armies clash in a desperate do-or-die battle. A stunning American victory brings help from the French - a vital shot in the arm for a small group of colonists fighting the mightiest empire on earth. View More...
The realities of the French joining the war paralyzed England. It's powerful navy and army posed a mortal threat. In 1778, the decision was made to abandon the New England states in favor of conquering the Southern states first. View More...
