Rule Britannia

The Washingtons: A Family Shaped by the Rise of an Empire

By: Tim Holden

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

From the author of the acclaimed New World Saga comes the dramatic origin story of the war that shaped the birth of the United States.

Virginia, 1738.
Lawrence Washington has never been content with a quiet life. In a colony where status is everything, he is determined to rise — whatever the cost.

When war with Spain erupts, the colonies send their men. Lawrence seizes his chance to secure his young bride. Serving under Admiral Edward Vernon, he is swept into one of the boldest campaigns of Britain’s colonial wars.From the grog shops of Jamaica to the walls of Cartagena, from triumph to fever, the promise of glory soon gives way to a harsher reckoning.

Caught between ambition, loyalty, and love, Lawrence must navigate family betrayals at home and the savagery of empire abroad. His choices will echo far beyond his own lifetime — shaping the destiny of the Washington name.

An epic tale of courage and compromise, set in the shadow of war and the dawn of a dynasty.