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Florida Trilogy
The Florida Trilogy series by Eugenia Price has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Don Juan McQueen (1974).
- Books
- 3 known books (3 novels)
- Published
- 3
- First published
- 1974
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Historical Fiction
- Last checked
Start here: Don Juan McQueen (1974) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Don Juan McQueen
Don Juan McQueen opens Eugenia Price's Florida Trilogy in 1974 at 384 pages, following the real Scottish-born planter John McQueen through Spanish colonial Florida's fraught border politics.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Don Juan McQueen - Book 2:
Maria
Maria followed in 1977 as the trilogy's longest volume at 416 pages, continuing the McQueen family's story through Spanish colonial Florida -- the same research-driven approach to real historical figures Eugenia Price established in her St. Simons Trilogy.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Maria - Book 3:
Margaret's Story
Margaret's Story closed the trilogy in 1980 at 394 pages, completing Price's earliest chapter, chronologically, of the family saga that resurfaces a generation later in her Savannah Quartet.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Margaret's Story
About the Florida Trilogy series
The Florida Trilogy follows John McQueen -- known as Don Juan McQueen after taking Spanish citizenship to hold onto his land -- a real Scottish-born planter navigating Spanish colonial Florida and the fraught, shifting politics of the border between Spanish Florida and the young United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Price traces his life and that of his family across the three novels, continuing the same grounded, research-driven approach to real historical figures she established in the St. Simons Trilogy, this time moved south and further back in time to the colonial period. The McQueen family Price documents here reappears, a generation on, as the ancestors of the Mackay family at the center of her later Savannah Quartet, making the Florida Trilogy the earliest chapter, chronologically, of a much larger family story she would keep returning to across her career.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Florida Trilogy?
Three: Don Juan McQueen (1974), Maria (1977), and Margaret's Story (1980).
Who is Don Juan McQueen?
John McQueen, a real Scottish-born planter in Spanish colonial Florida who took Spanish citizenship (and the name Don Juan McQueen) to secure his land -- the real historical figure this trilogy is built around.
Is the Florida Trilogy connected to Eugenia Price's Savannah Quartet?
Yes -- the McQueen family at the center of the Florida Trilogy are the ancestors of the Mackay family who appear a generation later in the Savannah Quartet.
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