A Stranger Among Saints: Stephen Hopkins, the Man Who Survived Jamestown and Saved Plymouth

by Jonathan Mack

Book Overview

"An absorbing, perceptive biography...Deftly crafted history illuminates the nation's earliest days." -- Kirkus Reviews Sometime between 1610 and 1611, William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest . The idea for the play came from the real-life shipwreck in 1609 of the Sea Venture , which was caught in a hurricane and grounded on the coast of Bermuda during a voyage to resupply England's troubled colony at Jamestown, in present-day Virginia. A lesser known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641605987
• ISBN13: 9781641605984
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.7"