Laurence Bergreen

Broschiertes Buch

In Search of a Kingdom

Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire

Beschreibung

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 Elizabethâ s covert orders, Drake became the first captain to circumnavigate the earth successfully.

Autor

Laurence Bergreen is the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe and In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire. His other books include Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492–1504; Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu; and Voyage to Mars: NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth. A graduate of Harvard, Bergreen lives in Manhattan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 138mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9780062875365
• ISBN-10: 0062875361
• Artikelnr.: 62233121