Richard Carvel — Volume 07
1907
In the volatile years before the American Revolution, Richard Carvel returns to colonial Maryland in disgrace, his inheritance squandered and his honor tarnished by his own blood. His uncle Grafton, a calculating Chesapeake planter, has schemed his way into the family fortune while Richard languished in England, and now the young heir must fight not only for his birthright but for his very survival in a society where loyalty is currency and betrayal hides behind polite conversation. With only his faithful servant Banks at his side and the memory of his beloved Dorothy to sustain him, Richard navigates a world of political intrigue, dueling codes, and mounting revolutionary tension. Churchill renders colonial America with sweeping detail and intimate psychological precision, tracing one man's struggle to reclaim his name while the colonies themselves teeter toward rebellion. The novel pulses with the urgency of a society in transformation, where personal honor and public revolution become inextricably linked.
