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The Mayflower Pilgrims
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- Book Synopsis
- 'Compelling reading' - Alison Weir 'A fresh and admirably unsentimental account' - Peter Marshall The voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 has come to typify those qualities that many believe represent the best of America and the values it holds up to the rest of the world. And yet, if they lived today, the courageous men, women and children who made that journey would not recognize themselves in the romantic retelling of their story in popular books and movies of the last century or so. So what were the motivating forces behind this momentous voyage? Derek Wilson strips away the over-painting from the icon to discover the complex range of religious, political and commercial concerns that led this group of hopeful but fallible human beings to seek a new life on the other side of the world.
- About The Author
- Derek Wilson is a renowned historian and the author of over fifty books, including The Queen and the Heretic: How two women changed the religion of England (Lion, 2018), Superstition and Science: Mystics, sceptics, truth-seekers and charlatans (Robinson, 2017), The Plantagenets (Quercus, 2011) and A Brief History of Henry VIII (Robinson, 2009), as well as critically acclaimed biographies of Charlemagne and Holbein. Praise for Derek Wilson: 'Wilson's account is masterly ... His book is stimulating and authoritative.' John Guy in the Sunday Times 'Scores highly in thoroughness, clarity and human sympathy.' Sunday Telegraph 'Brilliant, endlessly readable. . . vivid, immediate history, accurate, complex, and tinged with personality.' Sunday Herald
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780281079131
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, (16 July 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 381 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 22 mm
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