A True Hero: A Story of the Days of William Penn
1872
A True Hero: A Story of the Days of William Penn
1872
England, 1685. The Conventicle Act makes worship a crime, and a Quaker family must choose: recant their faith or flee everything they know. Kingston opens his tale in an England poisoning itself on intolerance, where dissenters risk imprisonment merely for gathering in prayer. When the family sets sail for the new colonies, they carry no weapons but their convictions, no armor but their principles. Young William Penn appears as the moral fire at the center of this exodus, a man whose future as founder of Pennsylvania is already visible in his unwavering advocacy for peaceful resistance. Alongside Captain Mead and fellow believers, they navigate a treacherous landscape of betrayal, danger, and the ever-present threat of authority. The political turmoil of James II's brief reign provides the perfect storm against which these characters must test their resolve. This is historical fiction that remembers its purpose: not merely to recount what happened, but to show what courage looks like when everything is at stake. For readers who prefer their history salted with human drama and their adventures weighted with meaning.
