Roanoke: Solving the Riddle of England's Lost Colony - Softcover

Miller, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712667490 ISBN 13: 9780712667494

Publisher: Pimlico, 2001

Synopsis

November 1587. A report reaches London that Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition, which has left England months before to land the first English settlers in America, has foundered. Something has gone very wrong and the colony - 116 men, women and children - are 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 remarkable 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.

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About the Author

Lee Miller graduated in anthropology from Johns Hopkins University. She was a writer and head of research for the TV series 500 Nations and also served as consultant for the BBC TV series Land of the Eagle. She is the editor of From the Heart: Voices of the American Indian.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pimlico
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712667490
• ISBN 13: 9780712667494
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384