King's Ransom Series Reader Resources
Check this page for updates as FAQs are updated. Cited music from the series and color versions of the artwork is found below.
Music from the Queen of the Bay
Select the pictures (or song titles) to navigate to the free YouTube versions of these songs. We greatly encourage you to play them when reach the scene.
Amarilli Mia Bella
Sung by Cecilia Bartoli
1609 - Visit with a Queen: Performed at the soiree hosted by the French Ambassador
The Falls
Ennio Morricone’s composition from the Mission Soundtrack
Queen of the Bay: Amanda's dream waking at the Ebb and Flow
Jurassic Park
Opening soundtrack
Jeb's wake up song at the Bay House played for his girls on tournament day
Raptor Attack
From the Jurassic Park soundtrack
Jeb plays upon Amanda's arrival at the Bay House dock during the Mate scene.
Up Where We Belong
Up Where We Belong -- Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
Played by Jeb during tournament.
Bless the Broken Road
Rascal Flatts
Accidently played by Amanda during Storm and Fish , causing Jeb to remember Amy
Nessun Dorma
Jonas Kaufmann's rendition played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Jeb plays it from Amanda's playlist during a Storm and a Fish.
King's Ransom Series Frequently Asked Questions
When do you reveal the Jamestowne mystery?
A significant reveal is told in Book II, Longitude, but elements of the mystery and revelations continue to play out until the series' conclusion.
Do the book covers hold clues?
Aplenty!
Was France actually considered a dominion of King James (as referenced in the Tangier Island scene)?
Correct. That was not a mistake. Eventually those dominions were whittled down to four, with Virginia being the fourth. The seal and coat of arms of the colony in use from 1607 until 1624, when the Virginia Company of London directed the colonization of Virginia, included the words, “En Dat Virginia Quintam” (also spelled “Quintum”), indicating that Virginia was the fifth of the realms, or domains, of the Crown. At that time, the kings and queens of England also claimed the thrones of Scotland, Ireland, and France (dating back to the Norman Conquest in 1066). The same words appeared on the seal between 1625, when Virginia became the English king’s first royal colony, and the 1707 Acts of Union that combined the kingdoms of England and Scotland into the kingdom of Great Britain. The motto on the seal of Virginia was then altered to “En Dat Virginia Quartam,” there being thereafter four, not five, royal dominions. That motto was used on the colonial seal until the beginning of the American Revolution (1775–1783). (see the map above that designates the extent of the Virginia Colony)