Patriot of the Lowcountry: Eliza Wilkinson and the Fall of Charleston

by Tracy Lawson

Eliza is no stranger to both privilege and heartbreak. Widowed at eighteen, she gained self-sufficiency while managing one of her father’s plantations. Now, at age twenty-two, marauding Redcoats destroy her home and hard-won independence.

With her family’s properties in ruins and their financial future threatened, Eliza’s father insists she seek the stability of a new marriage. As she reluctantly navigates the romance and intrigue of Charles Town’s social season, two very different men vie for her attention.

The Season’s whirl of gaiety gives way to the chaos and terror of siege, and when the city falls to the British, Eliza joins other rebel ladies in relief work, intelligence gathering, and sabotage.

Danger mounts as the British banish and imprison patriots to quell the unrest, but Eliza stays true to her mission for the Cause. When she uncovers plans that could spell disaster for Francis Marion, who commands the only significant rebel force left in South Carolina, can she get a message of warning to him in time?

This historical novel is based on Eliza Yonge Wilkinson’s letters that recount her experiences during the American Revolution.

303 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 8, 2026