Drake: The Life and Legend of an Elizabethan Hero

New York: Pocket Books, 2005. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x7. 1st printing. An exceptional copy. 2005 Trade Paperback. Sir Francis Drake: pirate, explorer and Protestant zealot, a man princely in his bearing, heroic if sometimes foolhardy in his enterprise, a genius at once awe-inspiring and riddled with faults. He is the archetypal Elizabethan sea-dog, and Stephen Coote's brilliant new book rescues him from the dusty pages of history to breathe new life into one of the great maritime adventure stories.