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In the Days of Drake

Author
Joseph Smith Fletcher
Language
English
Length
111 pages
ISBN
9781836104827
Published
24 July 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Elizabethan England
  • historical adventure
  • Sir Francis Drake
  • sea voyages
  • naval warfare
  • rivalry
  • inheritance
  • romance
  • exploration
  • coming of age

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Set in the adventurous reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Humphrey Salkeld recalls the remarkable exploits of his youth amid an age of exploration and naval glory. Rivalries over inheritance and love soon lead him into a world of daring voyages, political intrigue and perilous encounters. Joseph Smith Fletcher combines vivid historical detail with romance, courage and high-seas adventure in this captivating tale of Elizabethan England.

Author

J. S. Fletcher (1863–1935) treated the detective story as a trade, and honoured it. He produced at a Victorian-Edwardian pace that later Golden Age writers would recognise: wills, country houses, city chambers, and the long English suspicion that respectability is a costume. Fletcher is not flashy. He is reliable — which, in crime fiction, is a kind of style.

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