New Worlds

Show trials, torture and summary executions are rife in England as Charles II betrays his promise of tolerance and reverts to tyranny. At Fanshawe House, Angelica Fanshawe now Countess of Seacourt, strives to protect her daughter Beth and Catholic husband John Francis from a country once again on the brink of chaos. But when outlaw and idealist Abe breaks into Beth's sheltered world he jolts her into consciousness and asks whether she can stand by as the liberties won with her father's Civil War blood are destroyed.

Tensions continue to rise on both sides of the Atlantic. In Massachusetts, Ned's father, John Hawkins, dispatches him to England to avoid the King's agents.

Beth's journey to begin a life in the New World ends when her ship is wrecked on the shores of Massachusetts. Discovered by Masca, the leader of the Wawanaki tribe, Beth is taken in and recovers.

In the concluding episode, Ned returns to Hope and tells her that he wants them to be together, but they must be careful and first hide fugitive Beth away from Boston. In Oxford, Abe escapes from his jail cell, and having renounced violence dedicates his life to spreading Colonel Sidney's revolutionary ideas. When news that Charles II has died reaches Boston, Beth decides it is time to return to England. As she makes her way to Oxford, she is reunited with Abe. Ned and Hope lead a group of young Bostonians fighting for their liberty and an independent America.