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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... known survivor will be their Governor , John White - an artist and veteran of Raleigh's previous Roanoke expeditions . He had known , from the moment they landed , that they could not survive on Roanoke Island . The commander of the ...
... known survivor will be their Governor , John White - an artist and veteran of Raleigh's previous Roanoke expeditions . He had known , from the moment they landed , that they could not survive on Roanoke Island . The commander of the ...
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... known what it is to be a subject , and I now know what it is to be a sovereign . Good neighbours I have had , and I have met with bad ; and in trust I have found treason . Elizabeth I ' A Plan Gone Awry Where do we stand in this ...
... known what it is to be a subject , and I now know what it is to be a sovereign . Good neighbours I have had , and I have met with bad ; and in trust I have found treason . Elizabeth I ' A Plan Gone Awry Where do we stand in this ...
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... known . In England large trees are felled first , leaving hosts of spindly saplings . It is common to regard this as normal ; easy to forget that trees ever grew bigger than two hands around . Children growing up have known nothing else ...
... known . In England large trees are felled first , leaving hosts of spindly saplings . It is common to regard this as normal ; easy to forget that trees ever grew bigger than two hands around . Children growing up have known nothing else ...
Contents
The Disappearance | 3 |
A Case of Missing Persons | 19 |
Governor | 21 |
Copyright | |
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