Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger Among the PilgrimsMacmillan, 1. 4. 2007 - Počet stran: 272 David Lindsay, researching old records to learn details of the life of his ancestor, Richard More, soon found himself in the position of the Sorcerer's Apprentice-wherever he looked for one item, ten more appeared. What he found illuminated not only More's own life but painted a clear and satisfying picture of the way the First Comers, Saints and Strangers alike, set off for the new land, suffered the voyage on the Mayflower, and put down their roots to thrive on our continent's northeastern shore. From the story, Richard emerges as a man of questionable morals, much enterprise, and a good deal of old-fashioned pluck, a combination that could get him into trouble-and often did. He lived to father several children, to see, near the end of his life, a friend executed as a witch in Salem, and to be read out of the church for unseemly behavior. Mayflower Bastard lets readers see history in a new light by turning an important episode into a personal experience. |
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... began to step in time. The bell. As a measure of how far Richard More had fallen from grace, that was probably the surest sign of them all. You knew it instantly as the voice of God, each peal boring into the conscience of the sensitive ...
... began to happen off the record—or, if you prefer, in the tunnel. IN SOME WAYS, little has changed in this border county since your day. The roads, though paved now, are still largely empty. The sheep are still there, too, their shaggy ...
... began to “forbear” his wife—a verb meaning “to avoid”—he took a position as the personal secretary to Edward, Lord Zouch, a post he kept until his lordship's death in 1625.3 If Samuel needed a change from his situation at home, Lord ...
... began with an actress toppling into the lap of the king of Denmark and ended with the characters of Love and Charity ... began to forbear his wife, his wife began to have children in rapid succession. Her first child, Ellen, was born on ...
... began in 1616. It can be no coincidence that this was the same year that he turned twenty-one and thus, as the eldest son, gained control over the combined estates of Linley and Larden. And over the children of his wife as well. Such ...
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THE PROMISED LAND | |
A MOTHERS WISH | |
TO | |
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF RICHARD MORE | |
THE BELL | |
THE QUAKER CRISIS | |
BATTLES LARGE AND SMALL | |
UNDER WATCHFUL EYES | |
HYPOCRISY UNMASKD | |
HYSTERIA | |
STONE REMAINS | |