A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown
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Book details
- Author
- Hobson Woodward
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Movements & Periods
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780143117520
- ISBN-10
- 0143117521
- Vendor: Mia Karts
A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown
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ISBN: 0143117521
Author: Woodward, Hobson
Condition: New
"At once a penetrating work of literary analysis and a riveting historical narrative." -Nathaniel PhilbrickMerging maritime adventure and early colonial history, A Brave Vessel charts a little-known chapter of the past that offers a window on the inspiration for one of Shakespeare's greatest works. In 1609, aspiring writer William Strachey set sail for the New World aboard the Sea Venture, only to wreck on the shores of Bermuda. Strachey's meticulous account of the tragedy, the castaways' time in Bermuda, and their arrival in a devastated Jamestown, remains among the most vivid writings of the early colonial period. Though Strachey had literary aspirations, only in the hands of another William would his tale make history as The Tempest-a fascinating connection across time and literature that Hobson Woodward brings vividly to life.
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