SAN MATEO, Calif., January 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- With the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln changed history and sent a message to the world that slavery was not the answer; it was the problem that had to be changed. Unfortunately the rest of the world didn't change that quickly. In Lawson's Castle (now available from 1stBooks Library) author Virginia W. Thomson describes, in vivid detail, the emancipation of the slaves of the British Empire and, in particular, the slaves on the island of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea.
Vashti is the wife of Christopher Lawson. When he becomes a shipwrecker, Vashti risks her life to reveal the secrets of the castle and the true activities of her shipwrecker husband. Inspired by the life of Sam Lord, who owned a castle similar to Lawson's in Barbados, Lawson's Castle is a brilliant account of a changing world.
Lawson's Castle reveals to the reader how a woman---any woman---can have the courage to overcome all obstacles and forgive those who trespass against her, with strength, courage and the right scriptures.
Virginia W. Thomson is a writer, novelist and award-winning poet. Her poems, many of which deal with her favorite subjects, religion and history, have been published in a variety of anthologies. Thomson has written one other historical novel, The Lion Desk. She is the editor of Short Talks Around The Lord's Table, written by her father, Harry Linn Thomson. Thomson describes herself as a life-long educator whose religious reasoning and deep faith fill her teaching and the pages of her writing.
The author's royalties for Lawson's Castle will help the Memphis School of Preaching.
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