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One Small Candle: The Story of William Bradford and the Pilgrim Fathers Paperback – May 13, 2013

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By the author of GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE, The Adventures of Bartholomew Roberts, Pirate. Also Available in Kindle format. William Bradford is just eighteen when he leaves England with the Separatist congregation to move to Holland. The congregation eventually settles in Leyden, but, battling to make a living, they decide to move again, this time to America. Severe opposition to the Separatist faith hinders the Pilgrims’ efforts to secure permission to emigrate. The voyage on the Mayflower is plagued with difficulties and terrible sickness. But the Pilgrims make it to Plymouth, New England where they begin the struggle to build a colony. William Bradford as the governor of that colony is their strength. But can his determination bring them through near starvation? Can he control mutinous newcomers? Can he protect them from Indians? Can he turn around failed harvests? As the colony grapples with the wilderness, Will’s heart aches for a forbidden love. ONE SMALL CANDLE is the story of the birth of a nation, and is based on the true story of William Bradford and the Pilgrim Fathers.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 13, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 452 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1482792419
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1482792416
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.32 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.91 x 9.02 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Evelyn Tidman

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'History is another land.' I learned that at an early age as Errol Flynn swashed many bucklers and flew across our TV screens on a rope, dagger clenched between his teeth. Yet somehow, teachers in school managed to drain the life from history. It became a list of dates, and kings, and laws that had no relevance to my life and was as boring as watching paint dry. Still, I had a certain fascination for our ancestors. How different their lives were to ours. If only it were not all so tedious!

Then I discovered a writer called Jean Plaidy, with books like 'Light on Lucrezia' and 'Madonna of the Seven Hills' about the Borgias. This was history about real people. Her stories of the six wives of Henry VIII brought history out of the past, and made it 'live'. I was enthralled and fascinated. History was about real people. I had discovered a whole new world - another country! I wanted to write those kind of stories.

While much historical fiction is about fictional people, and I certainly was not one to miss out on those tales, I wanted to know about actual people. Just who were these pirates? Murdering cutthroats or conquering heroes? Why did the people on the Mayflower decide to go to America? We'd all heard about them, but what made them do what they did? I wanted to know. And I wanted to write about them.

Writing was my other passion. I'd been writing since I learned to read, but, you know how it is, life gets in the way. When the kids finally flew the nest, I settled down to write GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE, quickly followed by ONE SMALL CANDLE. They are both based on true stories with a little writer's licence. FOR THE KING Roger L'Estrange and the Siege of King's Lynn, a story of the English Civil War, is the beginning of the Adventures of Roger L'Estrange. The second in the series REBELLION, Roger L'Estrange and the Kent Petition, is out now.

I hope you enjoy reading my books as much as I enjoyed writing them.

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Cathy
5.0 out of 5 stars "One Small Candle" the story of our Pilgrim Fathers and the birth of the "New World"
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2013
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"One Small Candle" the story of our Pilgrim Fathers and the birth of the "New World"

"One Small Candle" is the true story of the voyage of the "Mayflower" and our Pilgrim Fathers. As Separatists in England there was much opposition to their faith. They then fled to Holland and later to the New World. Leaving family and many loved ones behind. The hardships they endured on the voyage, building a colony, sickness, death and near starvation more than once, almost shattered their dream.

William Bradford is elected Governor by colonists when they arrive in the New World after the death of their first governor John Carver, shortly after their arrival. Williams determination gives them the strength to go on, yet his heart aches for a forbidden love he felt behind. It is an account of great difficulties. Landing in Plymouth in November of 1620 with winter fast approaching. Where there are no shelters, no people nothing but woods and trees almost down to the sea. Before going ashore from the "Mayflower" they discussed the need for "laws and rules by which they would all abide by and agree to, themselves as well as everyone who comes after in order that this "new land" would not fall into anarchy and disorder". They then drew up a contract which they called the "Mayflower Compact" and each man in turn signed the agreement. William had enlisted the help of Miles Standish, a seasoned army captain who would assist them in instructions of self defense which they would need to know in the event of an attack.

This beautifully written, extremely well researched account of the "Mayflower" and the settling of Plymouth, New England is a historical novel that everyone should read. We all should have the knowledge of what determined, regular people can accomplish when the desire of freedom is in their hearts. The sacrifices, the loss of loved ones and the hardships they endured from the moment they made the decision to board the "Mayflower" and start a colony in the "New World".

As for myself, I have spent a great deal of time researching my ancestry, and found that one of my own ancestors arrived on the "Mayflower". How exciting to discover Evelyn's "One Small Candle" the account of some of the most important people in the History of America. Evelyn's writing style is beautifully descriptive and detailed. She brings History alive for the reader and allows them to step into the "past" and into the lives of these incredible people. Without books like this, we can never truly appreciate or even dream of the hardships these amazing people endured.

This book will go with the research of my ancestry, to be read again and shared with family so that we will never forget.

I do though think that there needs to be a sequel, I was disappointed to have it end!
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4.0 out of 5 stars An historical fiction to admire
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2016
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Evelyn Tidman has written an excellent storyline interwoven with well-researched information that flows seamlessly with the Pilgrims, their struggle, their voyage on the Mayflower, and what they faced when they reached America. Also woven throughout is a love story that tugs at your heart at times and has you hoping for the best. Through hardship: unbearable at times, death, repression, and sickness, all the characters shine brilliantly with their flaws, loss of moral compass at times, yet they still strive for what is best under the most difficult of times: the unthinkable. These brave souls traveled into the unknown for their precious freedom. Ms. Tidman's love of History shines with each page, as she takes you along to discover the past and watch it come alive through all the emotional ups and downs.
As Will (the main protagonist) wrote himself: 'As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone to many, yea in some sort to our whole nation...'
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Joyce DiPastena
5.0 out of 5 stars This book opened my eyes in new and wonderful ways to the story of the Pilgrims
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2015
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I grew up hearing the story of the Pilgrims in school every year. How they were a group of people who were struggling to discover and practice what they viewed as a "pure religion," how they were Englishmen and women who were persecuted for their beliefs by their countrymen, how they fled to Holland, and then eventually sailed on the Mayflower to establish the colony of Plymouth in North America. Yes, I knew these facts because they were drilled into me year after year. What I never understood until I read "One Small Candle," by Evelyn Tidman, was the human aspect of this whole story. These were not just stick figures shuffling about so that scores of American school children could be forced to listen to their teachers rehearse these bare details every year. In "One Small Candle," suddenly all these names I had heard so many times--William Bradford, Miles Standish, Squanto, and others--ceased to be merely names and suddenly became real, living, breathing people.

Yes, before they settled in Plymouth, the Pilgrims went to Holland. But how long were they there? What did they do all those years? What was it like to live in Holland during those years? And a question no school teacher ever even suggested to us, why didn't they just stay in Holland? What made them to decide to leave settled cities and civilization to sail to a land of no cities, no towns, no farms, no neighbors, nothing at all that they would recognize as "civilized" in the way they understood the word? What was it like to travel on the Mayflower all those long, long months? Yes, I knew that many died that first winter. But in school, they were just numbers. In "One Small Candle," those deaths suddenly become very real and very heartbreaking. And what must have gone through the would-be colonists' minds when they first laid eyes on an uninhabited shore and realized that they would literally have to build everything from the ground up. No stores to go buy supplies, no neighbors to borrow tools from (they could not at that point know anything but rumors about the Indians who lived there), nothing but literally their own blood, sweat and tears and the resources they could scrape together from the land. And a huge ocean between them and Europe if, when things became too difficult, they had a change of heart and wanted to go "home!"

This book opened my eyes in new and wonderful ways to the story of the Pilgrims. I will hereafter think of them with far greater respect and love than I ever have before, not because they were a group of perfect people, but for the very reason that they were human and flawed, yet courageous and determined to stand by their convictions whatever the cost.
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Kelvin
5.0 out of 5 stars A book full of learning.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2019
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Being a Christian living in Plymouth this book was of particular interest to me.
I have learn't a lot and enjoyed it immensely.
I didn't want it to end.
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Lady Rochford
4.0 out of 5 stars How to learn history in one easy lesson.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2013
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Like most people I thought that the Pilgrim Fathers arrived at Plymouth one day, sailed off on the Mayflower the next and (after a few vicissitudes) reached the New World where they established a colony. Right - but also very WRONG. If you want to know the true story behind their trials and tribulations then read this book and experience them with the main character William Bradford. Did you know, for example, that when they arrived, the colonists drew up a contract which they called the "Mayflower Compact" and each man took it in turn to sign? I didn't. I must admit that I am a bit of a history nut and so I enjoyed every authentic detail in the book. However, don't let that comment put you off, the author's research never overwhelms the reader. Once they reach the New World they have starvation, hostile native American (well, you would fight for your land, wouldn't you?)and other settlers to contend with. But their desire for religious freedom more than outweighs personal suffering and and disease. Other reviews have gone into the detail of the book more than I have here. I will just finish by saying that I really enjoyed this novel and at the end of it I understood why Mrs Tildman had chosen the title: ONE SMALL CANDLE. Read it and you will, too.
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Richard Hesketh
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping and Factual
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2014
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I have just finished 'One Small Candle' and would like to tell you how much I enjoyed it. I was captivated from the beginning and it held my interest right up to the final page. Thanks Evelyn for all the hard work that you must have put in to produce such a gem. Definitely worth 5 stars
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shirley
5.0 out of 5 stars a good way to learn history
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2013
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Visited Boston recently and saw names of families who sailed on the Mayflower and wanted to learn more but in an entertaining way - not just dry historical facts. Very informative but an easy read with a good story. Would thoroughly recommend.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating story from the view of those involved
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2020
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Living in Lincolnshire and with 400 years since the departure of the Mayflower approaching, I wanted to read a story based on the experiences. Needless to say many hardships were faced making elements an emotional read.

One issue is there are several repeated peculiar typos. With Robert being used in place of America and I in place of Lincolnshire/England/Europe.
This careless proof reading did detract from the novel. Please address this.
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