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Author Bergreen, Laurence, author.

Title In search of a kingdom : Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire / Laurence Bergreen.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Custom House, [2021]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  942.055 BERGREEN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  942.055 BERGREEN    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  942.055 BER    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  942.055 BER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  942.055 BERGREEN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  942.055 BER    Missing
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  942.055 BER    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  942.055 BERGREEN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  942.055 BER    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  942.055 BERGREEN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xviii, 440 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [405]-425) and index.
Contents 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 Cádiz -- Signs and Portents -- Disdain, Revenge, Victory -- A "Top-Earning pirate".
Summary "An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Privateering -- History -- 16th century.
Voyages around the world -- History -- 16th century.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 (OCoLC)fst01816362
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 (OCoLC)fst00039609
Admirals (OCoLC)fst00796937
Explorers (OCoLC)fst00918556
Privateering (OCoLC)fst01077643
Voyages around the world (OCoLC)fst01169326
Great Britain (OCoLC)fst01204623
HISTORY / United States / General.
Chronological Term 1485-1603
Genre/Form Biographies (OCoLC)fst01919896
History (OCoLC)fst01411628
Naval history (OCoLC)fst01411632
Biographies.
Added Title Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire
Other Form: Online version: Bergreen, Laurence, In search of a kingdom First edition. New York, NY : Custom House, [2021] 9780062875389 (DLC) 2020039355
ISBN 9780062875358 (hardcover)
0062875353 (hardcover)
9780062875365 (trade paperback)
0062875361 (trade paperback)
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