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John Tradescant the Younger, gardener to King Charles I, finds his loyalties questioned as England descends into civil war and his family is put in danger because of John's ties to the King.

Christopher Banks, an English boy who was orphaned after his parents disappeared in Shanghai under suspicious circumstances, returns to Shanghai twenty years later in the hopes of learning what really happened to his parents.

Lucy Honeychurch is at war with the snobbery of her class and her desires when she finds herself attracted to someone socially unsuitable.

Identifies and explains the similarities and differences between the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, describing their process of colonization, colonial societies, distinctive styles of imperial government, and independence movements against them.

Young Jack Absolute loses his chances for a place at Cambridge and a promising career in eighteenth-century London, and sets out for adventure in the New World where his life lessons must be learned on the battlefield.

Jack Absolute arrives in England after four months at sea to find himself dueling for his life for the dubious honor of a young actress and forced to flee London with his old army regiment.

Contains stories in which novelist Penelope Lively imagines how things might have turned out had she made different choices at various junctures in her life.

Diana Lively and her husband Ted's lives are turned upside down after they move to Arizona for Diana's latest job and discover that it is possible to find lost love and that justice always comes to those who deserve it.