ISO Colonial Williamsburg

I just visited Colonial Williamsburg for the first time. (I'm slightly embarrassed to say that being 24 and loving history. My family just never got around to it.) I was wondering if anyone had read any historical fiction books pertaining to Williamsburg or that general area in the colonial era.

I'm not as interested in the Jamestown settlement or the Native Americans. I've read a number of things about that topic.

Any leads?

If you're familiar with the American Girls Collection, Felicity Merrimam's story in set in Williamsburg at the start of the American Revolution.

Yeah, been there done that a long time ago. I'm looking for something with an older audience than that. (I enjoy YA but that was something I read in elementary school.)

The Battle of Williamsburg (1862) is mentioned in casca 26: Johnny Reb

Try the Sparrowhawk series. It was written by a local Williamsburg author, Edward Cline.

The series begins in England in the late 1600s and follows the lives of two men as they travel to the US and settle in the Williamsburg area.

I had the pleasure of meeting the author and getting his signature in my book copies when I was in Williamsburg in late 2006.

Keep a dictionary handy when reading -- some of the words are those we don't use anymore.

Sounds interesting! I'll have to look into that.

Though mainly set in eastern Carolina, some of the old Inglis Fletcher books make a few mentions of Williamsburg.

You might take a look at my latest book, WILLIAMSBURG: VIRGINIA ON THE EVE OF REVOLUTION, a historical novel set in Colonial Williamsburg. Read opening chapters at www.WilliamsburgTheNovel.com

Jack McLaughlin, author of JEFFERSON AND MONTICELLO.

C'mon guys. Why would you flag #8 as abuse? Yes, he mentions his own book, but the question posed was does anyone know of books about Colonial Williamsburg.

The terms of use state: "Egregious commercial solicitation is forbidden."

I don't deem answering a question to be "egregious" and the response was to a question, it wasn't an outright "solicitation".

According to dictionary.com soliciting is "To petition persistently". There was no persistence here. Merely one tiny post.

Why is it any different than me posting about his book?

Anya Seton's book Devil Water is partially set near Williamsburg. It starts out in England, moves to France and then to the Colonies. Williamsburg does not play a large role, but the plantations along the James River do.

There's an old series by Elswyth Thane set in Williamsburg, beginning at the time of the American Revolution and then coming down, generation by generation, to WWII. The first of the series is "Dawn's Early Light".