![]() The practice of tobacco brides was implemented to solve the problem of populating the colonies. But before Constance is able to leave the ship, she is abducted by the captain, a practice not uncommon in the day, and is forced to become a “tobacco bride” - a woman sold to a male colonist as a bride for 150 pounds of tobacco. ![]() England is in the beginning grip of the Civil War, and royalist sentiments are squelched with ferocious authority. In Deanne Gist’s debut novel, A Bride Most Begrudging, the reader is transported to 1643 and follows the path of Lady Constance Morrow who, in the beginning of the novel, is attempting to say farewell to an uncle who is to be deported for loyalties to the King. Settlers confronted adversity everywhere, often contending with new diseases, lack of medicine, hostile relations with the Native Americans, starvation, and isolation. However, the reality that most of the early colonists faced was far different from that romantic image. For most, the early times of this country evokes romantic images of quaint log cabins, tricorn hats, and patriotic idealism. ![]()
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