| Description |
xiii, 366 pages : map, genealogical table ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-347) and index. |
| Contents |
Begin Thy doom. Between worlds and worlds -- That proud city -- Whom shall we send? -- Such an enemy we have -- From Afric shore -- In freedom equal -- Safe toward Canaan -- Better Thou belong -- Dispersed in foreign lands -- Translated saints. Hard liberty -- They on the trading flood -- The brandished sword of God -- War then, war -- And get themselves a name -- This avenging sword -- By battery, scale, and mine -- The end of what we are. The wasteful deep -- My sect Thou seest -- Of rebel angels -- War in Heaven and battle proud -- The great consult began -- Disobedience -- In mutiny -- The rebel king -- The dire event -- Loud lament and furious rage -- My other self -- Their solitary way -- A land and times obscure. |
| Summary |
The period between 1630 and 1660 was one of the most tumultuous in Western history, witnessing the birth of New England and, in the mother country, a chaotic civil war that rent the very fabric of English social, political, and religious life. At the center of this turbulent time was an outsized family: the Rainborowes. Shipmasters and soldiers, entrepreneurs and idealists, they bridged two worlds as they struggled to forge a better future for themselves and their kin. |
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Rainborowe family.
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Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
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Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691.
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Merchants -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- Biography.
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Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780465023004 hardcover alkaline paper $28.99 |
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0465023002 hardcover alkaline paper |
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