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In search of a kingdom Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire Large Print Book
by Bergreen, Laurence.
Large Print Book | Large print ed. | Harper Large Print, New York, NY : 2021.
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  • 1 of 1 Copy Available at Fort Erie Library System
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Crystal Ridge LP 942.0550922 Drake-B Large Print - Non-fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Available
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"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history--as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--
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  • ISBN: 9780063062979
  • Physical Description: text (large print)xviii, 599 p. (large print) : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print ed.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, 2021.
  • Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
  • Formatted Contents Note: The Island and the Empire -- The Monarch and the Mystic -- "Contrary Winds and Foul Weather" -- Traitor -- Golden Hind -- "The Most Mad Seas" -- "Cruel Courtesy" -- Treasure Fleet -- Cacafuego -- Life among the Miwok -- Deliverance -- Unbroken Blue Water -- Return and Reward -- The Dragon Arrives -- Two Queens, One Throne -- Raid on Caadiz -- Signs and Portents -- Disdain, Revenge, Victory -- A "Top-Earning pirate".
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