"Hugh is a scion of the British arictocracy. Because his actions and adventures in London earn him the enmity of his uncle, the Earl of Danvers, Hugh is sent to the colonies by his parents for his own safety"--Publisher website (July 2007).

Third in the historical fiction series, this episode follows the continuing adventures of Jack Frake and Hugh Kenrick.

Amid the political upheaval following the French and Indian War, the British government's attempts to tax the American colonies draw both colonist Jack Frake and aristocrat Hugh Kenrick into struggles against tyranny and injustice.

"The time is 1766, the Stamp Act has been introduced, and discontent is again running rampant. News of the unrest reaches the British Parliament as merchants successfully plead with the government to repeal the act before the nation is ruined. Although the act is repealed, Parliament is not going to relinquish powers to the colonies that easily, and Jack Frake and Hugh Kenrick are forced to stand up against a new wave of taxes and censorship imposed in the colonies"--Publisher description.

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