Maria by Eugenia Price

Maria by Eugenia Price

In this captivating tale, Eugenia Price paints a vivid picture of the tumultuous historic and political events that shaped the life of Mary Evans, a remarkably independent woman in the colonial south. Born in Charles Town, South Carolina, Mary, a skilled midwife, accompanied her first husband, British soldier David Fenwick, when his regiment fought the Spanish in Cuba. When Spain agreed to give all of Florida in exchange for the city of Havana, Mary (who became known as Maria) and her husband were forced to relocate to the newly British garrison town of St. Augustine, Florida.

Maria exposes challenges that would unnerve a less resourceful woman, but she made a name for herself--developing and enhancing her position with influential citizens of St. Augustine. Eventually marrying three times, Maria proved herself to be an extraordinary woman, for any day or time.

Saint. Eugenia Price is the author of the novel St. Eugenia Price. The Simons Trilogy, the Florida Trilogy, and the Savannah Quartet, as well as twenty-five additional fiction and nonfiction publications, are among his works. Her trilogy of novels set on the island of St. She received the Governor's Award from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Outstanding Science Award from Georgia College on St. Simons Island.