Don Sebastian; or, The House of the Braganza: An Historical Romance, Volume 4

The fourth volume of Porter's sweeping historical romance finds our exiled monarch in desperate circumstances. Don Sebastian, living quietly with his young family in anonymous poverty, receives word that the Queen of England will support his rightful claim to the Portuguese throne. But her backing comes at a devastating price: she demands his only daughter as guarantee of his loyalty. As political forces converge around him, Sebastian must choose between his ancestral crown and the child he loves. Porter weaves together the intimate drama of family sacrifice with the grand sweep of royal restoration, set against the turbulent politics of seventeenth-century Europe. The tension between personal desire and dynastic duty drives this volume forward, as a father faces the ultimate test of what he will sacrifice for power, and what power can never buy.