This riveting reassessment of the voyage of the Mayflower explores the background and motives of those who sailed in her, taking us closer to the real reasons behind the epic journey
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 charlat... (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.
In characteristically lucid and vivid prose, Derek Wilson maps the
multiple historical paths leading to one of the most famous
embarkations in history. A fresh and admirably unsentimental
account of the forces shaping the "Pilgrim Fathers".
*Peter Marshall, FBA, FRHistS, Professor of History, University of
Warwick*
I cannot praise too highly Derek Wilson's prose style, which is
both masterful and lively. He writes with great conviction and a
breathtaking attention to the kind of personal detail that makes
his books such compelling reading.
*Alison Weir, historian and novelist*
Derek Wilson does a superb job of separating fact from fiction to
provide a very readable account of what actually happened. He does
justice to the range of competing religious, commercial and
political motives that led this group of people to leave England
for America.
*Church of England Newspaper*
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