Middlebend Author:Carolyn MacDonald Synopsis: the Allyns of Middlebend were rich and well born. Their plantation, with it's abundant lands, was the showplace of the Chowan River, for Elizabeth Allyn - a girl on the verge of being a woman - it was lonely but sheltered world. But the fortunes of the family shifted suddenly when William Allyn assaulted the clergyman who refused to ba... more »ptize his dying son unless he paid an exorbitant price. With her father facing trial - and the gallows - Elizabeth had to help, even if it meant marrying a man she did not love.« less