{"product_id":"9781403356512","title":"The Miniature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the moment Jonathan Whitman first glimpsed the portrait \u003cbr\u003eof the beautiful Catherine Rowland, painted in miniature and set \u003cbr\u003ewithin a golden locket, he was hopelessly in love. And when he \u003cbr\u003estumbled across the young woman's brother, Phillip, lying \u003cbr\u003ebleeding and left for dead in the sodden English countryside, he \u003cbr\u003ehad no idea the dramatic change his life would undergo. \u003cbr\u003eJonathan, a tailor's apprentice, and Molly Hoskins, the tailor's \u003cbr\u003edaughter, hide Phillip until he is strong enough to travel to the \u003cbr\u003ecoast and set sail with his family to their home in Boston. Once \u003cbr\u003eagain Jonathan saves Phillip's life, only to find his too is in grave \u003cbr\u003edanger and he is forced to join the Rowlands on their voyage to \u003cbr\u003eBoston with the promise of a new life in the American Colonies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut life in the Americas is fraught with its own perils as \u003cbr\u003eJonathan and the Rowlands are faced with the threat of the \u003cbr\u003euntamed wilderness and swept up into the fight for freedom from \u003cbr\u003eEngland's tyrannical rule. Determined to prove his worth, \u003cbr\u003eJonathan accompanies a party of surveyors only to fall victim to \u003cbr\u003eambush by a vicious outlaw and his band of renegade Indians. \u003cbr\u003eUnbeknownst to all Jonathan escapes with his life, and smarting \u003cbr\u003efrom his perceived betrayal he decides to remain with the Indians \u003cbr\u003ehe comes to love. He is no longer a boy, but a changed man who \u003cbr\u003eemerges some time later, respected in his own right and walking \u003cbr\u003eamong the Indians as one of their own. Until the hated outlaw \u003cbr\u003eonce again brings tragedy to his life and Jonathan vows to \u003cbr\u003eavenge the man who, for the second time, took from him all that \u003cbr\u003ehe once held dear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Jonathan learns that Catherine has been taken captive by \u003cbr\u003ethe very man he swore to kill, and her fate now rests in his \u003cbr\u003ehands. But Catherine would rather die than be rescued by the \u003cbr\u003ewild and rugged Indian, until she discovers a small bag tied \u003cbr\u003earound his neck, concealing an exquisite golden locket, a gift to \u003cbr\u003ea boy she once loved, and now home to the beautiful miniature \u003cbr\u003ecradled inside.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137895874800,"sku":"9781403356512","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781403356512_p0.jpg?v=1763716758","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781403356512","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}