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In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire

byLaurence Bergreen

In In Search of a Kingdom, Laurence Bergreen presents a biographical portrait centered on francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning.

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

448

ISBN

9780062875358