Margaret Tudor: A Romance of Old St. Augustine

The narrator, held prisoner in seventeenth-century St. Augustine after a maritime capture, records her experiences and hopes for rescue while addressing a distant guardian. The account follows her engagement to an Englishman, the jealous attentions of a Spanish nobleman, and the strained courtesy of the governor's household; tensions of honor, rivalry, and cultural misunderstanding animate scenes of feasting, threats, and clandestine conversation. Interwoven with historical detail and local color, the narrative explores loyalty, the precariousness of freedom, and a woman's resolve amid captivity and courtly intrigue.