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Love and Hate in Jamestown
- John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation
- De: David A. Price
- Narrado por: Josh Innerst
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Drawing on period letters and chronicles, and on the papers of the Virginia Company - which financed the settlement of Jamestown - David Price tells a tale of cowardice and courage, stupidity and brilliance, tragedy and costly triumph. He takes us into the day-to-day existence of the English men and women whose charge was to find gold and a route to the Orient, and who found, instead, hardship and wretched misery. Death, in fact, became the settlers' most faithful companion, and their infighting was ceaseless.
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Five Star History!
- De Damian en 08-13-23
- Love and Hate in Jamestown
- John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation
- De: David A. Price
- Narrado por: Josh Innerst
A Most Honest and Humble Author
Revisado: 03-15-25
The author of this book seems intent on only one thing in sharing the stories of Jamestown: the truth. Not only does he do his best to define words the reader might not know (“shallop”, for instance, which another book on this topic fails to define), but he also makes note of the sources for his claims and informs the reader on whether those sources are reliable or should be viewed with skepticism. In addition to all of this, for some of the parts of the story for which you want more information, but for which no documentary evidence exists (I.e. the death of Pocahontas), the author imagines how it might have been and creates a narrative that helps to fill in the missing pieces. And finally, the narrator of this book is the best I’ve ever heard. He reads the book with an American accent, but uses an English accent for any references to the writings of the English/colonists. This makes the book very easy to listen to and enjoy.
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