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The Pequot War by Alfred A. Cave

ironspinesally's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

quodfelix's review

4.0

Admittedly of interest to a somewhat narrow audience, I wonder if this ought not to have a wider audience. The Pequot War set the stage for its more famous successor, King Philips War. Cave does an excellent job setting up the conflict in terms of the cultural perceptions of each of the various groups towards the others. He clearly lays blame at the feet of the Puritan’s worldview of religious mission (rather than economic greed) though he does not flinch in his description of Pequot cruelty and torture. A fascinating tale well told.