Ivor Noël Hume

This first-hand account examines an important excavation in American historical archaeology--the discovery of a lost plantation, providing extensive evidence of English colonial life in early seventeenth-century Virginia.

"Set in Virginia in 1610 the novel follows the story of two fictional brothers, Will and John Jefferys. By seeing the events through the eyes of the two young English brothers, the reader can take sides, following one brother true to his English heritage and the other forsaking it in defense of the Indians' way of life. It is a story of the clash between one civilization and another, and one religion and another"--Jacket.