Jamie Claveraque, a young man from Herefordshire, celebrated the return from America of his brother who was wounded at Bunker Hill. Within a month, he stumbled on a fortune while fishing, broke off a tired romance, met his future wife, saved his best friend from capture as an army deserter, and accepted an invitation from his uncle to tour the American Colonies. A loyal and enlightened Englishman, his adventures in America provided first-hand reasons for his decision to take the American side--some call it treason.