The Rich History of Virginia Illustrated

Not only have I lived in the Old Dominion for most of my life, but also several previous centuries in the sense that my ancestors were among the earliest settlers of the Shenandoah Valley (1730's/1740's).

Chapel Hill, circa 1816, the Churchman family home place on my father's side, is part of the inspiration behind the old homes in my novels, as are the other early plantations I've visited like Berkeley, Shirley and Carter's Grove.  My Scots-Irish forebears settled Augusta County in the...