Newlyweds Robert and Joanna Hale, the great-great-grandparents of the Revolutionary War martyr Captain Nathan Hale, sail from Bristol, England to Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 on the Lyon, an English galleon commanded by Master William Peirce.
During the two-month journey, their fellow passengers relate the adventures of their predecessors. Will the new settlers learn from the experiences of the courageous people who braved the American wilderness before them: John Cabot, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain Martin Pring, Captain John Smith, Deputy Governor of Plymouth Colony Isaac Allerton, Captain Christopher Levett and the infamous gun smuggler Edward Astley?
Though historical fiction, this book is about real people, who sailed on a real voyage, who tell the long forgotten events that led to the settling of Massachusetts and Maine.
What was so special about this mission? What was it like living on a hundred-foot ship with eighty passengers and twenty crew for nine weeks? Let them tell you!
I'm rewriting this once again,
so please stay tuned.
