Drake - Tudor Corsair - Tony Riches - Bog

From the author of the best-selling Tudor trilogy - the Elizabethan series begins. 1564: Devon sailor Francis Drake sets out on a journey of adventure.Drake learns of routes used to transport Spanish silver and gold, and risks his life in an audacious plan to steal a fortune. Queen Elizabeth is intrigued by Drake and secretly encourages his piracy. Her unlikely champion becomes a national hero, sailing around the world in the Golden Hind and attacking the Spanish fleet. King Philip of Spain has enough of Drake's plunder and orders an armada to threaten the future of England.