The Voyage of the DestinySkyhorse Publishing, Inc., 2011 M12 27 - 387 páginas Sir Walter Raleigh—soldier, explorer, adventurer, lover of Queen Elizabeth—emerges from the pages of history and myth, full-blooded, passionate, and profoundly human. After unjustly languishing for years in the Tower, Raleigh undertakes one final voyage in search of gold. On his doomed quest he contends with Spanish forces, mutiny, pirates, court intrigue, and disease, all under the shadow of the executioner's blade awaiting him back home. Along the way, he also recounts his storied rise from humble origins into the Virgin Queen's favor and court--and ultimately her bed. This powerful and action-packed novel breathes life into the most dazzling yet most enigmatic of Elizabethans. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. |
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... heard that I had been released from the Tower (even unpardoned and accompanied everywhere in those early days by a keeper) he went straight to James and complained that the whole of Guiana belonged to Spain. In any case, Gondomar said ...
... heard that I had been released from the Tower (even unpardoned and accompanied everywhere in those early days by a keeper) he went straight to James and complained that the whole of Guiana belonged to Spain. In any case, Gondomar said ...
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... heard from London. People are going to be punished for such things.' 'Punished?' the woman says. 'How?' 'By death, I believe,' says my father. My father doffs his hat and he rides on. The old woman runs into the nearest church flapping ...
... heard from London. People are going to be punished for such things.' 'Punished?' the woman says. 'How?' 'By death, I believe,' says my father. My father doffs his hat and he rides on. The old woman runs into the nearest church flapping ...
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... heard the tread of his feet along the companionway. Then the sound of his cabin door shutting behind him. Then the crack of a pistol shot. 'Keymis!' I shouted. His cabin was next to mine on the poop deck. You could hear through the ...
... heard the tread of his feet along the companionway. Then the sound of his cabin door shutting behind him. Then the crack of a pistol shot. 'Keymis!' I shouted. His cabin was next to mine on the poop deck. You could hear through the ...
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... heard that question.' 'Not even when I have asked it of you twice?'I said. 'Have you?' Bacon opened his eyes and frowned, tasting his lips. 'Well, there you are,' he said. 'A proof of my friendship and unfoolishness. I had already ...
... heard that question.' 'Not even when I have asked it of you twice?'I said. 'Have you?' Bacon opened his eyes and frowned, tasting his lips. 'Well, there you are,' he said. 'A proof of my friendship and unfoolishness. I had already ...
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... heard that word.' 'It is what the Spaniards call the cHicfs of our tribes.' 'I know. What else did the people of the Orinoco say?' 'That you would one day return,' the Indian replied. 'That you had given your word to do so.' 'Which word ...
... heard that word.' 'It is what the Spaniards call the cHicfs of our tribes.' 'I know. What else did the people of the Orinoco say?' 'That you would one day return,' the Indian replied. 'That you had given your word to do so.' 'Which word ...
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