Savage Kingdom

<p><strong>Brilliantly framed . . . fascinating . . . a well-told story of discovery conquest business and politics. -- <em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p>Four centuries ago and 14 years before the Mayflower a group of men--led by a one-armed ex-pirate an epileptic aristocrat a reprobate cleric and a government spy--left London aboard a fleet of three ships. Despite their shortcomings and against the odds they built Jamestown a ramshackle outpost that laid the foundations of the British Empire and the United States of America.</p><p>Drawing on new discoveries neglected sources and manuscript collections scattered across the world Savage Kingdom challenges the textbook image of Jamestown as a mere money-making venture. It reveals a reckless daring enterprise led by outcasts of the Old World who found themselves interlopers in a new one. An intimate story in an epic setting it shows how the land of Pocahontas came to be drawn into a new global order.</p>