William E. “Bill” Cole

Puritans, Plagues, and Promises transports you back four centuries into some of England's most tumultuous times. Nine Puritans stand firm for their faith under charges of treason and sedition with consequences of life or death. The resulting stories expose formidable influences and challenges (political, religious, legal, and economic) that set the stage for conflicts of Church and State, the rule of law, and a monarch's absolute power. These powerful forces ultimately propel the author's ancestors, among 21,000 English men, women, and children, to leave England during the Great Migration to New England and forge new lives in America.