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Title: Interesting assertions but not effectively supported.
Review: Miller's theories on the fate of the Roanoke Colony are quite controversial and border on conspiracy theory. In order to give credance to these controversial theories, she had to include a great deal of historical referrences. This created a dichotomy of style straddling narrative and historical treatise. This caused difficulties with both styles. The narrative, while compelling, is often interrupted by the historical references. However, the theories put forward in the narrative depend on ascribing the political motivations of the people involved. That would be a nearly impossible task no matter how much documentation that was presented. Miller augments the documents she sites with layers of supposition and conjecture.
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