Francis Drake. The Life and Incredible Adventures of the Royal Corsair

“The nobility does not love him for the heights he has reached, having been born into a simple family; the rest say that he is the main cause of wars.”

For the first time, the Ukrainian reader has the opportunity to get acquainted with the most complete biography of the famous English corsair and naval commander, the first English traveler around the world, Sir Francis Drake.

A contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I Tudor, her “iron pirate” and business partner, he became a national hero, was knighted and played an outstanding role in saving the Fatherland from the Spanish Invincible Armada (1588).

The biography is written on the basis of a large number of sources and is generously illustrated with drawings of the time and modern historical and artistic reconstructions by Ukrainian artists. This allows you not only to imagine the vivid image of the main character of the story, but also to immerse yourself in the everyday life of Elizabethan sailors of the 16th century, who challenged the largest empire of the time - the Spanish Habsburg state, on which "the sun never set."