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Cadnum,
Michael.
SHIP OF FIRE
New York : Viking, 2003.
IL YA
ISBN 0670899070
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if you were only 17 and a surgeon? And a spy? The year is 1587,
the time of Elizabethan England and Shakespeare, and a year before the
Spanish Armada will sail in an attempt to invade England. Thomas
Spyre is a 17 year old surgeon's apprentice on board Sir Francis Drake’s
flagship. When his master dies unexpectedly, Thomas is left as the
chief surgeon and now Drake’s fleet is sailing to raid the Spanish Port
of Cadiz. Not only is Thomas the surgeon, but he has been asked to
spy on Drake to see if he is a pirate or if his loyalties truly are to
England’s Queen Elizabeth. Thomas is skilled in the latest medical
techniques of amputation, blood letting, and herbal cures, and he is a
fine swordsman, but this is his first time at sea. Thomas’ skills
will be put to the test as he cares for the wounded men and must also fight
the Spanish. Author Michael Cadnum spares no details in describing
the harsh realities of life at sea. (Shawn Crosby, scrosby@kcls.org,
Des Moines Library, Des Moines, WA) |
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SUBJECTS:
Apprentices -- Fiction.
Physicians -- Fiction.
Seafaring life -- Fiction.
Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction. |
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