The last fugitive

The passions and realities that fueled a movement for freedom. Bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier, makes her first fictional foray into American history in The Last Fugitive, bringing the Underground Railroad to life. When demure Honor Bright embarks with her sister on a ship from Bristol, England, bound for the New World, she's fleeing a broken heart. But as she acclimates to 1850s Ohio, she finds herself faced with a precarious and dull life in a city filled with muddy streets and forests that serve as hiding places for slaves fleeing to freedom in the North. Should Honor hide the fugitives from the ruthless men who pursue them? As she struggles to find her place and her voice, Honor must decide what she's willing to risk for what she believes in.