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'Compelling reading' - Alison Weir
'A fresh and admirably unsentimental account' - Peter Marshall
The voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 has come to typify those qualities that many believe represent the best of America and the values it holds up to the rest of the world. And yet, if they lived today, the courageous men, women and children who made that journey would not recognize themselves in the romantic retelling of their story in popular books and movies of the last century or so.
So what were the motivating forces behind this momentous voyage? Derek Wilson strips away the over-painting from the icon to discover the complex range of religious, political and commercial concerns that led this group of hopeful but fallible human beings to seek a new life on the other side of the world.
2 The idea of commonwealth 17
3 The genie out of the lamp 28
4 Home truths from abroad 41
5 Lollardy to lectureships 61
6 Mission and money 84
7 Divided we stand 98
8 The Midlands nursery 114
9 New king, old problem 135
10 John Robinson and Co. 151
11 America 1600‒1620 176
12 To boldly go 198