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The Golden Knight |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / REVIEWS |
| Author: Byron Farwell |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1991 |
| Size: 3,421 Words, 19,868 Characters |
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SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
John Sugden
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990
353 pp., $29.95
Few men in all history have cut such a swashbuckling swathe through life as did Francis Drake: pirate, seaman extraordinary, astute businessman, social climber, and of the luckiest of adventures.
The exact date of his birth in Devonshire is unknown, perhaps 1538, perhaps a year or two later. He was one of a dozen sons, most of whom were sent to sea at an early age. His father taught him to read and write, and, while still a boy, he was apprenticed to the master of a coastal bark. He proved an apt pupil, learning about tides and currents, how to navigate by the sun and stars, and the management of the small ship in all weathers.
About 1564 he was employed by William and John Hawki...
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... unforgivable that Henry Holt has been so penurious in producing the book. The margins are stingy; the type is small and cramped; the footnotes are difficult to read; and--something I think not seen before in a book printed in this century--many pages have window lines. If a publisher is to ask thirty dollars for a book, it should produce a decently printed one. John Sugden deserved the best.
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