Westward ho!,
or, The voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, knight of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, rendered into modern English /
by Charles Kingsley ; with an introduction by Maurice Kingsley.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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New York : J.F. Taylor, c1899.
- Summary
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Set initially in Bideford in North Devon during the reign of Elizabeth I, Westward Ho! follows the adventures of Amyas Leigh, an unruly child who as a young man follows Francis Drake to sea. Amyas loves local beauty Rose Salterne, as does nearly everyone else. Much of the novel involves the kidnap of Rose by a Spaniard. Amyas spends time in the Caribbean seeking gold, and eventually returns to England at the time of the Spanish Armada, finding his true love, the beautiful Indian maiden Ayacanora, in the process; yet fate had blundered and brought misfortune into Amyas's life, for not only had he been blinded by a freak bolt of lightning at sea, but he also loses his brother Frank Leigh and Rose Salterne, who were caught by the Spaniards and burnt at the stake by the Inquisition.
- Note
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"This edition ... limited to one thousand sets ..."
- Physical Description
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2 v., [6] leaves of plates :
ill., ports. ;
22 cm.
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