title: The Namesake
author: Hunter, Valancy
description: The year was 1588. Bloody Mary was on the throne. Princess Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower of London. The English countryside was overrun with witch-hunters, and torn by political and religious strife.
  Elizabeth Bowen, a country beauty and just eighteen, came to Hawkshaven, the family home of generations of Stantons. She had rollicked with that rogue Giles Martin, and teased the miller's son--but now Elizabeth found herself deeply and earnestly in love with a man far above her station, Richard Stanton. She was not prepared for the way her ripening passion would sweep her into the violent struggles and intrigues of a family...and an entire nation.