Name: Roanoke
ISBN: 9780842320122

Angela Elwell Hunt

Looks at life in the Virginia colony, revealing the savagery of the Roanoke colony leader, John White

The Lost Colony

Roanoke

Jeni Enjaian

The second read through found this book heavy and dull. I never engaged with the main characters and, in fact, found the male protagonists quite insufferable. This book kept plodding along with no clear direction until the end of the book when years and dramatic events flew by in a blur. As much as I hoped that these books would survive the reread, they did not. All five books failed to survive round two of the purge of my personal collection.

A review from my old blog (of the whole series) ...

Oh. My. Word. This series is incredible! Of Hunt's three historical series I have to say that this is my absolute favorite.

This series explores the relationship between the English and Indian during the colonial period. The main characters, after the first book, are for the most part of biracial which allows Hunt to explore the choices that such a person would have to face... whether to be English or to be Indian.

At the same time some of the most profound issues Hunt dealt with had to do with whether worship has to have a certain look, whether the worship habits of the Indian or of the Puritan had to be exclusive for the sake of the other.

In addition to the serious issues Hunt also weaves several beautiful love stories, the most poignant being that of Fallon and Gilda in the second book, Jamestown. I have to admit though that I have not read the fifth and last book of the series and thus, though I do not expect to, may find a more beautiful love story.

I strongly recommend this book for any lover of history and excellent writing.

Roanoke The Lost Colony

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