My Library


     
Limit search to available items
Limited to: Words in TITLE "In search of a kingdom"

Book Cover
eAudiobook
Title In search of a kingdom [sound recording audiobook download] : Francis drake, elizabeth i, and the perilous birth of the british empire / Laurence Bergreen.
Description 1 online resource (13 audio files) : digital.
Edition Unabridged.


NOTE Electronic reproduction. New York : HarperAudio, 2021. Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 377497 KB).
Performer Narrator: Michael Page.
Summary In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan, Columbus, and Marco Polo brings alive the singular life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, the pirate/explorer/admiral whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history. "Bergreen masterly portrays ... the swashbuckling life and times of the explorer who achieved what Magellan could not--and made England's fortune in the process." --Kirkus, STARRED review. Before he was secretly dispatched by Queen Elizabeth to circumnavigate the globe, or was called upon to save England from the Spanish Armada, Francis Drake was perhaps the most wanted-and successful-pirate ever to sail. Nicknamed "El Draque" by the Spaniards who placed a bounty on his head, the notorious red-haired, hot-tempered Drake pillaged galleons laden with New World gold and silver, stealing a vast fortune for his queen-and himself. For Elizabeth, Drake made the impossible real, serving as a crucial and brilliantly adaptable instrument of her ambitions to transform England from a third-rate island kingdom into a global imperial power.In 1580, sailing on Elizabeth's covert orders, Drake became the first captain to circumnavigate the earth successfully. (Ferdinand Magellan had died in his attempt.) Part exploring expedition, part raiding mission, Drake's audacious around-the-world journey in the Golden Hind reached Patagonia, the Pacific Coast of present-day California and Oregon, the Spice Islands, Java, and Africa. Almost a decade later, Elizabeth called upon Drake again. As the devil-may-care vice admiral of the English fleet, Drake dramatically defeated the once-invincible Spanish Armada, spurring the British Empire's ascent and permanently wounding its greatest rival. The relationship between Drake and Elizabeth is the missing link in our understanding of the rise of the British Empire, and its importance has not been fully described or appreciated. Framed around Drake's key voyages as a window into this crucial moment in British history, In Search of a Kingdom is a rousing adventure narrative entwining epic historical themes with intimate passions.
Other edition Original 9780063057289.
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.
Add'l Names Page, Michael (Michael J.), narrator.
ISBN 9780062875396
STANDARD # B37DE94F-9FB7-4163-A047-D99413CBE382 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com