The Scuttle-Butt on Europe

Thankyou Lucian and my many writer friends for your 2-cents but I found my European topic that's sure to be folkloric and fun. Next week the town of Jamestown, England as well as Jamestown, Virginia will kick off the 400th anniversary of the sailing of 3 ships (replicas) from England to the New World. Lead by a make-believe Capt. John Smith, the "Susan Constant", the "Discovery" and the "Godspeed" will leave port and venture across the Atlantic to establish America's first permanent English settlement. It will take 5 months for the 105-man crew to reach the New World and as soon as they arrive they will be under constant attack by the Algonquian natives. Disease, faminine and fighting will take it's toll and only 60 men will survive that first year. But turbulent times will finally come to a end when the Algonquian chief's daughter Pocahontas will fall in love with a white man and peace and prosperity will follow. So, that's the story - it has all the elements I need: hope and despair, conflict and failure, tragedy and triumph. There's even a strong genealogy component that will land me in places like Kent and Lincolnshire for a few days!