Francis Drake; The Lives of a Hero
by Cummins, John (Biography of Francis Drake.)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0312158114
- ISBN 13
- 9780312158118
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press [0-312-15811-4] 1995. (Hardcover) 348pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, maps, illustrations, facsimiles, notes, bibliography, index. "This is a full-blooded and absorbing portrait, based on research in English and Spanish archives, of the greatest seaman of the Elizabethan age. From his family's fierce Protestantism and early poverty which drove Drake to sea while still a boy until his death at sea in 1596, it was a life of drama in which opportunism, courage, greed, religion, international politics and luck all played their part". Biography of Francis Drake. Time Period Elizabethan Era. (Biography, Biography, History--England, Protestantism, Seamanship).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 152623
- Title
- Francis Drake; The Lives of a Hero
- Author
- Cummins, John (Biography of Francis Drake.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0312158114
- ISBN 13
- 9780312158118
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- January 1996
- Keywords
- Biography, Biography, History--England, Protestantism, Seamanship
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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