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Author Wathen, Bruce.

Title Sir Francis Drake : the construction of a hero / Bruce Wathen
Published Cambridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : illustrations
Series JSTOR EBA
Contents Auxilio divino -- Sir Francis Drake revived -- Behold the warrior dwindled to a beau -- Homage to Britannia -- Who the New World bade British thunders shake? -- The prose epic of England -- Mould him in bronze -- Gun to gun he'll challenge us -- A pirate, and a good one -- The future
Summary A cultural history of the representations of Sir Francis Drake, from contemporary accounts to the present day
Analysis Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596
Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 Public opinion
Great Britain History, Naval Tudors, 1485-1603
History in popular culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-191) and index
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Subject Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596.
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 -- Public opinion
SUBJECT Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 fast
Drake, Francis. swd
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596. nli
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 -- Public opinion. nli
Subject History in popular culture.
HISTORY.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
History in popular culture
Public opinion
Geschichtsschreibung
Rezeption
History in popular culture.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485-1603. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056844
Subject Great Britain
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
Genre/Form Naval history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781846157608
1846157609