Drake - The Life and Legend of an Elizabethan Hero

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Coote was educated at Magdelene College! Cambridge and at Birkbeck College! University of London. He is the author of several acclaimed biographies including lives of Charles II! W. B. Yeats! John Keats and! most recently! Samuel Pepys: according to the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH! 'A subtle and intelligent portrait! not just of the man! but of the volatile political milieu in which he moved.' Klappentext Subtitled! "The Life & Legend Of An Elizabethan Hero" Well-researched! readable reconstruction of the life and maritime adventures of Sir Francis Drake. *Also appeared in November Buyer's Notes* Zusammenfassung A masterly re-evaluation of a self-made Elizabethan hero, and a fascinating re-creation of the man and his era.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Coote
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.02.2005
• EAN: 9780743468701
• ISBN: 978-0-7434-6870-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 1 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries