Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of England's Lost Colony"November 1587. A report reaches London that Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition, which had left England months before to land the first English settlers in America, has foundered. On Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina, a mysterious tragedy is unfolding. Something has gone very wrong and the colony - 116 men, women and children - is in trouble. There will be no rescue: before help can reach them, all will vanish without trace." "Were the Lost Colonists the victims of accident or of deliberate sabotage? Did they starve to death for lack of supplies or were they murdered by Indians? Their Governor, John White, admitted that they had enemies - powerful enemies who might want them dead." "This work of historical detection establishes beyond doubt that the tragedy of the Lost Colony did not begin in far away Roanoke, but within the walls of Westminster - in the inner circle of Queen Elizabeth's government. Burghley, Walsingham, Leicester, Hatton, Essex - all had reasons to want Raleigh's mission to fail. Lee Miller examines the evidence and tells an astonishing story. After 400 years, the riddle of England's Lost Colony is brilliantly solved."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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... Powhatan , who never asked for such a visitation , are the colony's only source of food . Unless what they ate most ... Powhatan 23 May 1609. Sir Thomas Gates is dispatched to Jamestown with authority to impose martial law , if need be ...
... Powhatan , who never asked for such a visitation , are the colony's only source of food . Unless what they ate most ... Powhatan 23 May 1609. Sir Thomas Gates is dispatched to Jamestown with authority to impose martial law , if need be ...
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... Powhatan will sell you a whole country . 17 But if the Powhatan will really sell their whole country for baubles , why is a war necessary ? Protesters , not fooled , decry the seizure of Powhatan territory despite Jamestown's claim that ...
... Powhatan will sell you a whole country . 17 But if the Powhatan will really sell their whole country for baubles , why is a war necessary ? Protesters , not fooled , decry the seizure of Powhatan territory despite Jamestown's claim that ...
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... Powhatan for twenty and odd years . " But what if Strachey got it wrong ? It certainly wouldn't be the first time various English expeditions were muddled together as one and the same . For it was true : immediately before White's ...
... Powhatan for twenty and odd years . " But what if Strachey got it wrong ? It certainly wouldn't be the first time various English expeditions were muddled together as one and the same . For it was true : immediately before White's ...
Contents
The Disappearance | 3 |
A Case of Missing Persons | 19 |
Governor | 21 |
Copyright | |
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