TurningPoint Press

The Author’s Historical Library

Where the fiction ends and the historical record begins.


Every TurningPoint Press story is fiction built on documented historical fact. Each book has a companion Library on this site, the real people, the real ships, the real letters and ledgers behind the story. The Library exists for readers who finished the book and want to know where the fiction ends and the record begins. Everything in the Libraries is drawn from primary sources. Where the record is silent, we say so. Where historians disagree, we present the disagreement honestly.

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The Speedwell, built 1577

Sparks of Liberty · Book One

The Speedwell’s Confession

Author’s Historical Library

The real story of the sixty-ton pinnace that was supposed to carry the Pilgrims to America. Five character profiles, three failed Atlantic crossings, the 1635 passenger list that finally completed the voyage, and a note on sources.


More libraries will be added as new books publish. Every Sparks of Liberty story will have its own Library here.

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