Title: The voyage of the Destiny
First published: 1982
Description: A fictional portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh follows the soldier, explorer, adventurer, and favorite of Queen Elizabeth on one final quest in search of gold, where he encounters Spanish forces, mutiny, court intrigue, disease, and pirates along the way, and recalls his own storied rise from humble origins to the English court.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Ship captains, Discoveries in geography, British, Indians of the West Indies, Explorers, In literature, Fiction, historical, general, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, biographical
Places: Great Britain, West Indies
People: Walter Raleigh Sir (1552?-1618)
Time periods: James I, 1603-1625, Elizabeth, 1558-1603