Buy this book on-line WATHEN, BRUCE: : Sir Francis Drake: The Construction of a HeroUK.CAMBRIDGE.D.S. BREWER/BOYDELL & BREWER LTD.,2009. ISBN 9781843841869.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.[Wrapped+protected from day of issue/ purchase.It is the only fault of gentle pushing at head of spine that prevents its listing as MINT/MINT.] So,no owner inscrptn,dw/dj untouched as absence of publisher's price - possibly an export edn,issued before UK's trade edn.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj - detail of 'The Surrender' by John Seymour Lucas painting: Pedro de Valdes surrenders his sword to Drake aboard the Revenge,with b/w lettering to front panel,white letters to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf- wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without any blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,unblemished, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain chocolate brown cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-viiipp+2-200pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,a dedication, acknowledgements,an introduction,10 chapters,a mixture of 10 b/w paintings, engravings reproductions and some b/w modern photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with synopsis,title page with b/w photograph of Drake's bronze figure, Tavistock,and contents list/table.
For four hundred years Sir Francis Drake's exploits have fascinated,inspired and entertained.Every age has sought to reconstruct the narrative of the great Elizabethan seafarer: the basis of his fame has shifted continually over the years,from single-handed victor over the Spanish Armada,to hero of commerce, explorer,and ruthless entrepreneur.
In each incarnation,however,he has always been portrayed to answer the demands and anxieties of each new era.Here,for the first time,the history of Drake as a cultural icon,and of his myth,is explored, from his appearances in west-country folklore to Elizabethan poetry,from eighteenth-century garden architecture to Victorian pageants and twentieth-century films.There is a particular focus on the "long" nineteenth century,during which Drake's reputation underwent a rigorous reconstruction to present him as a hero of empire.
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