Return: A Story Of The Sea Islands In 1739 is a historical fiction novel written by Alice MacGowan and originally published in 1905. The story is set on the Sea Islands of South Carolina in 1739, during a time when the islanders were facing the threat of invasion from the Spanish. The main character of the book is a young woman named Janet, who is torn between her loyalty to her island and her love for a Spanish officer named Carlos. As tensions rise...