0007481225 
Paperback Treachery /
Publication year: 2014
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Genre: Suspense fiction. lcsh
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Harper,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 0007481225 9780007481224 (pbk): 0007481225 :
Notes: Summer, 1585. As English ships are held captive in Spain, fear mounts of an Invincible Armada, built by King Philip II, and intended to invade English shores. Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting Philip's American treasure supplies to Queen Elizabeth. Originally published: London: HarperCollinsPUblishers. Summer, 1585. As English ships are held captive in Spain, fear mounts of an Invincible Armada, built by King Philip II, and intended to invade English shores. Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting Philip's American treasure supplies to Queen Elizabeth. Giordano Bruno, radical philosopher and spy, accompanies his friend Sir Philip Sidney to Plymouth to oversee Drake's departure. Unbeknownst to Bruno, Sidney intends to join the mission - and he wants Bruno to go too. But when a ship captain is brutally murdered, and Drake's life threatened, it becomes clear that someone plans to destroy the expedition before it begins.
Audience: Teen readers
Extent: 566 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
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This is a historical story based on Francis Drake. It is a bit long but our book group thoroughly enjoyed it, and some members are now reading other books in the series by this author. 9/10
02/06/15