A Kingdom Strange The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke

In 1587, John White led 117 English men, women, and children to Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. They hoped to establish a British foothold in North America, but soon found themselves struggling to survive. White returned to England for help, but when he returned to Roanoke in 1590, the colonists were nowhere to be found: White never saw his friends or family again. But as James Horn reveals in A Kingdom Strange, some from the party survived; their descendants were discovered a century later, a living testament to America's remarkable origins.

James Horn is Vice President of Research and Historical Interpretation and ONill Director of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He is author and editor of five books on colonial and early American history, including A Land As God made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.