1540?-1596

Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, investigates a conspiracy when the Queen narrowly escapes a series of "accidents.".

A biography of Sir Francis Drake, focusing on his activities as a pirate and slave trader, which made him a hero in England, but earned him the name of the Dragon by the Spanish.

Describes English pirate Francis Drake who raided the African coast and abducted men, women and children and sold them into slavery and was considered a hero for attacking and looting Spanish ships to be added to England's coffers.

Presents a humorous account of what it might have been like to sail with Sir Francis Drake on a voyage to find the North West Passage to the Spice Islands in 1577--and raid a few Spanish ships along the way.

Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577. Includes biographical information on John and Francis Drake.

Presents true stories of English, French, and Dutch privateers who attacked ships along the Spanish Main, Spain s territory on the northern coast of South America. Profiles the lives of such notable pirates as Francis Drake, Jean Bontemps, and John Hawkins.

Lady Grace Cavendish, Elizabeth I's youngest maid of honor, finds herself in the midst of a battle at sea while posing as a boy aboard the ship of Francis Drake, where she and Masou stowed away in hopes of finding the kidnapped Lady Sarah.

Two contemporary children meet Sir Walter Raleigh who tells the story of the great English explorers, like John Cabot and Francis Drake.