The Sturbridge Dynasty — Joan Bagnel

Ian Ives was just ten, ragged and hungry, but his eyes blazed defiance as he stood before the English lord who had taken over his parents' Irish estate. This might be the end, the boy feared -- but, instead, it was a miraculous beginning.

Sir Thomas Sturbridge, to whom the restored King Charles had given the manor, decided that Ian should be reared with his son, young Tom, as his dead father would have wished. So began a friendship that never faltered even when the two boys fell in love with the same girl -- the fiery Sheila Carey. Their friendship would unite their families through the generations, across seas and continents, despite bloody battles over land and religion, creating The Sturbridge Dynasty