Filled with all the little details that make "big-picture" history interesting, Making Haste From Babylon looks at the world the Pilgrims decided they had to leave-both in England and in Leiden. The rules of the Church of England, the Brownist movement, persecution from Catholics and the state church, punishments, class matters, and the first year the Pilgrim's arrived in Massachusetts are covered in witty prose that makes the Pilgrim's familiar story new. 489 pages, hardcover with dust jacket.