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A brave vessel : the true tale of the castaways who rescued Jamestown and inspired Shakespeare's The tempest /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woodward, Hobson
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, [2009]
Subjects:
Jamestown (Va.) > History > 17th century.
Sea Venture (Ship)
Shipwrecks > Bermuda Islands > History > 17th century.
Seafaring life > History > 17th century.
Strachey, William, > 1572?-1621.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Tempest.
Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Bermuda Islands > History > 17th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > 17th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Poet of London
  • Aboard for Jamestown
  • Ocean bound
  • Hurricane
  • Rogue wave
  • Devil's land
  • Angel's garden
  • New life
  • Rebellion
  • Away to Virginia
  • Relief from home
  • Forest people
  • Blood in the snow
  • Poison
  • Bound for England
  • Blackfriars surprise
  • Bermuda ghosts
  • After the storm.