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In colonial Virginia, keeping your word is a matter of honor—and trusting someone can be a matter of survival.
Mary Johnston’s The Old Dominion places honor, betrayal, and survival in a colony shaped by danger. English settlers live along tidal rivers, with forest behind them and the ocean as their only road home. Here, people depend on one another for safety, and loyalty carries real weight.
Johnston explores the pull between duty and conscience in a world where a gentleman must keep his word, defend his name, and stand by his friends. Her historical romance brings vivid action, strong feeling, and formal speech to early Virginia. The setting shapes the choices, while betrayal tests the bonds that help people survive.
What you’ll discover
- A colony edged by wilderness Enter a Virginia of tidal rivers, forests, and an ocean separating settlers from home.
- The demands of honor Explore a world where keeping promises and defending a name place heavy demands on people.
- Trust under pressure Consider what betrayal means when people rely on each other for their safety.
- Duty against conscience Follow the tension between what loyalty requires and what conscience asks.
- History with strong feeling Experience Johnston’s historical romance through vivid action, heightened drama, and a strong sense of place.
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For readers who love historical adventure with a strong sense of place, and anyone curious about early Virginia, where honor, betrayal and survival test loyalty and conscience.
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- Colonial Virginia sets the stakes
- Honor drives people to hard choices
- Betrayal and survival test every bond
- Johnston writes history as adventure
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The Old Dominion is a tale of honor, betrayal and survival set in colonial Virginia, written by Mary Johnston. Johnston was a Virginian who made her name with historical romances that drew on the early history of her home state.
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Colonial Virginia sets the stakes
Colonial Virginia was a hard place to live. English settlers had planted themselves along tidal rivers, with forest at their back and the ocean as their only road home. Tobacco farming shaped the economy, and a few families held land and power while many others worked for them. Disease, hunger and conflict were never far away.
A story set here begins with high stakes before any single character makes a choice. A bad harvest, a ship that does not arrive or a quarrel with a neighbor can change a life. Johnston knew this country and its history well, and her readers expect the land itself to feel real.
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Who wrote The Old Dominion?
The book was written by Mary Johnston, an American novelist born in Virginia. She wrote historical fiction about her home state, covering both colonial times and the Civil War, and she died in 1936.
What does the title The Old Dominion mean?
Old Dominion is a long-standing nickname for Virginia. It reaches back to the colonial period, when Virginia was seen as one of England's oldest and most loyal dominions in North America.
What kind of book is The Old Dominion?
It is a historical novel in the romance tradition, set in colonial Virginia. Readers of this kind of book can expect adventure, strong feeling, danger and moral choices, set against a real past.
The author
Mary Johnston
1870–1936 · American novelist and suffragist
American novelist and women's rights advocate.
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