Drake: The Life and Legend of an Elizabethan Hero
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Book Overview
One of history's greatest maritime adventure stories and its hero come to life in this enthralling new biography S ir Francis Drake: Pirate, explorer and zealot, a genius at once awe-inspiring and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0312341652
ISBN13:9780312341657
Release Date:December 2005
Publisher:Palgrave
Length:352 Pages
Weight:0.88 lbs.
Dimensions:10.0" x 2.0" x 7.0"
Customer Reviews
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History novel and perfect prose all in one
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Yes many books have been written about Sir Francis Drake the gentleman pirate, but here Mr. Coote blends them all together in a delightful creation of his, which not only details his adventures and crimes in a very objective while simultaneously engaging manner. It also disperses many myths about the nature of his relation with Elizabeth and even more, how his political knack and careful administration of his public persona managed to turn him into a National Hero, while hiding from view that his motivation for all its enduring quests was always the same, greed.
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