The Virginians

A young Virginian steps ashore in Bristol dressed in mourning, and a merchant welcomes him as an heir—until Henry says, “My name is not George.”

In 1756, as ships from colonial Virginia crowd Bristol’s river, Henry Warrington returns to England with a sword, a servant, and grief he cannot hide. The merchant Mr. Trail sees a fortune to be made: Henry’s family estate, and a chance to sell enslaved Africans to its plantations. But Henry rejects the trade—and Trail has mistaken him for the brother who is the true heir. In a family divided between Virginia and the Old World, even a name can carry a dangerous weight. What has happened to George, and what awaits Henry in England?

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