CHAINS OF SILK AND SOIL

THE PREQUEL

The story of Mariette Beckford, Misella’s mother, and how she came to marry Johnnie Cross. Her story reveals the forces that shaped a woman with few choices of her own. Pregnant and abandoned by her lover and barred by law from inheriting her father’s estate, she is left destitute.

THE TRIAL OF MISELLA CROSS

MISELLA’S STORY BEGINS

Inspired by the writings of Samuel Johnson, The Trial of Misella Cross tells the story of a young woman’s decline into a brutal life of prostitution and the inner workings of the prison and legal systems in eighteenth-century England.

THE JOURNEY OF MISELLA CROSS

MISELLA’S STORY CONTINUES

Found guilty of prostitution, Misella is sentenced to the Colonies as an indentured servant. Fearing for her life on the ship to the New World, she realizes that even if she survives the journey, she faces the dangers of indentured servitude.