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More than four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the legendary figures of history. His career is one of the most colourful on record. The most daring of the corsairs who raided the West Indies and Spanish Main, he led the English into the Pacific, and circumnavigated the world to bring home the Golden Hind laden with Spanish treasure. His attacks on Spanish cities and ships transformed his private war into a struggle for survival between Protestant England and Catholic Spain, in which he became Elizabeth I's most prominent admiral. His exploits marked the emergence of England as a major maritime nation.Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
Circumnavigator of the globe, naval nemesis of Philip II of Spain, Sir Francis Drake 1543?-1596 personified England's coming-of-age as a sea power. In this long-overdue biography there has been no major treatment of Drake in memory, Sugden Tecumseh's Last Stand incorporates into his lively narrative fresh information about Drake's family, his slave-trading expeditions to the West Indies, his command of English sea forces against Ireland, his hit-and-run raids on the Spanish main and his leading role in the defeat of the Armada. The book includes a gripping account of Drake's 1577-1580 voyage around the world and his audacious challenge to the Spanish the author points out that King Philip's naval resources were roughly six times those of Elizabethan England, culminating in his preemptive strike at Cadiz in 1587 and his decisive action against the Armada in the English Channel a year later. Drake's nonmaritime deeds receive equal treatment in these pages: as vigorous social climber, businessman and parliamentarian. No armchair admiral will want to miss this one. Illustrations. Mar.Book Details
Published
April 24, 2012
Publisher
Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
ISBN
9781448129508