Left in the Wind: A Novel of the Lost Colony

Author/Guide: Ed Gray

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1587: The real story of how 118 women and children were abandoned by their governor on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and never heard from again.

ISBN: 978-1681771267
Genre: Fiction, Historical, Non-Fiction

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What you need to know before your trail

The real story of how 118 women and children were abandoned by their governor on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and never heard from again.

Left in the Wind is a fictional journal, written by one of the actual colonists who was there; Emme Merrimoth. She keeps a journal and writes down everything she experiences and feels about the changes to her and her people. She is part of a group of 100 people who travel to the island with their governor. He then returns to England to fetch supplies but when he returns to Roanoke, there is no one to be seen. The colony has disappeared.

What happened next? This is the story of the start of the story of Roanoke and its early beginning and what on earth could have happened to the lost colony?

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A real story of America history buried in the vaults of time. Part real and past imagined which really shines a potential light on what could have happened. through the eyes of someone who was there.

Emme has had a difficult start as she is shunned by many and suspected of witchcraft. She is even enslaved for a while

Roanoke

Roanoke is a strange place – for when the colony vanished there was no official investigation. The English colonists try to turn the village which has been abandoned in the past by previous settlers and turn it into a new settlement. Those who live there and nearby however are hostile and life is harsh.

This new settlement was actually an attempt by Queen Elizabeth 1 to establish a permanent English settlement in North America and was founded by Sir Walter Scott. The mystery of why they disappeared and how has lasted for centuries. Definitely an area that you should visit today as the past is all around! The outerbanks.orgroanoke-island-maritime-museum is just one of many highlights. As the lighthouse.

Jamestown

There’s a Living history museum recreating the 1607 European settlement, its 3 ships and a Powhatan village in Jamestown to visit as well. Jamestown settlement was established in 1607, efforts were undertaken by the English to acquire information from the Powhatan tribe about the 1587 Lost Colony.

There is a lot of history and mystery on this island to discover for yourself

Booktrailer Review

Susan: @thebooktrailer

This has to be one of the most interesting and fascinating novels I’ve read in a long while. The story of the Lost Colony is apparently very familiar to most Americans but elsewhere, less so. I don’t know why as you would think people going missing en masse would raise an eyebrow or two!

There are more than a few historical links to the British as well.It was a late 16th-century attempt by none other than Queen Elizabeth I to establish a permanent English settlement and was even founded by Sir Walter Raleigh.

What’s more, this is a very clever mix of fact and fiction for the narrator Emme Merrimoth was a real person and was part of the Lost Colony. She was a widow but was used and abused by some very high up men in power at the time. She is accused of all sorts and ostracized and so tells a quite remarkable account of life at that time and of a colony under pressure.

I can’t believe this story is not well known outside of the states as all the places are real, the story is real and you immediately feel as if you’ re transported back in time and feeling the emotions, the conflict and the anguish of those who lived there at the time.

This is one amazing puzzle of history and I now want to head straight out to North Carolina to see all the heritage museums and real locations for myself. Just wow. Imagine stepping back in history and trying to find out what happened?Well I feel I have with this novel.

Highly recommended!