{"product_id":"drake","title":"Drake","description":"Was Sir Francis Drake a rabid anti-papist, a state-sponsored terrorist and slave? Or was he the embodiment of English sang-froid, an empire-builder and hero? He was certainly the most dashing of the many ambitious seamen to serve Queen Elizabeth I, in an age when the world seemed there for the taking. For a God-fearing Protestant of good yeoman stock, turning the high seas into an English lake seemed nothing less than a birthright - especially if the only people in one's way were Catholics. In this new biography, Stephen Coote shows how Drake deliberately and skillfully fashioned himself into the very image of the English Protestant hero - the little man who took on the might of Spain. Vividly re-creating the key episodes in the construction of the Drake legend, from the West Indies voyages to the Nombre de Dios expedition, the Armada and, of course, the extraordinary circumnavigation, Coote shows how Drake's reputation was made and challenged, and eventually manipulated in the centuries following his death. This brilliant re-evaluation of the self-made Elizabethan hero is a fascinating portrait of the man and his era.","brand":"Pocket Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42985510862928,"sku":"9780743468701B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/drake","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}