Author:
Kieran Doherty
Stars:
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Review by: Mandy Apgar
The supposed focus is on
the restoration of the Jamestown Colony after his very near catastrophic
destruction in Virginia. Supposed. The problem
is that, interspersed with what little facts it offers, are fairy tales
presented as true and the author psychoanalyzing various historical
figures and then presenting what apparently was in their heads all along
as fact. That anyone can find out a lot of myths attributed to
Pocahontas are just that is beyond the grasp on this author. Apparently Pocahontas more or less did everything but found the darn colony herself, while
torn between her two great loves of Smith
and Rolfe, both of whom were practically superhuman themselves. The
worst parts of the book are the analyses presented as fact - where the
author basically goes "and x person knew in their hearts he was a good
man, and having loved him since x time did Y and Z" to conveniently fill in
gaps in the historical record.
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