isle of wight (england)

In 1854, eleven-year-old Bones is a slave in Virginia who sends a bottle holding her real name and a trinket from her long-lost father down the James River. The currents carry it far away, ultimately uniting the lives of three young girls.

Discusses Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, from its construction by the Normans in 1086 to the 1500s, outlining its uses in war and in peace.