| Edition |
First Avon paperback edition. |
| Description |
vi, 319 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
Recently orphaned, Elizabeth signs on as servant to the crabby benefactress of the Virginia Company, sailing with her from London to the newly founded Jamestown Colony. A colossal tempest strands the passengers and crew near the Bermuda islands, rumored to be inhabited by spirits and cannibals, but upon going ashore they discover a tropical paradise. When the ship's cook falls ill, Elizabeth takes charge of feeding the castaways. Her experiments with native herbs and vegetables are such a hit that she is soon cooking up great feasts for the group. (Johnson includes some of her recipes--for dishes like oyster stew and baygrape jelly.) When Elizabeth gives cooking lessons to her swarthy fellow cook, a romance, encouraged by the pair's mysterious friend William Strachey, blossoms. After William creates a play for the amusement of those stranded, Elizabeth--cast as Miranda--begins to unravel his true identity, and the bond they develop changes the course of her life--Publisher's Weekly. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Fiction.
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Women household employees -- Fiction.
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780061965319 (acid-free paper) |
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0061965316 (acid-free paper) |
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