Westward Ho!
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Good
Set against the roaring backdrop of Elizabethan England and the treacherous seas of the Spanish Main, Westward Ho! chronicles the swashbuckling adventures of Amyas Leigh, a young Devon man who joins the crew of Sir Francis Drake and embarks on a perilous quest for glory, gold, and vengeance against the might of Catholic Spain. Charles Kingsley's 1855 epic weaves patriotism, romance, and high-seas drama into a breathtaking narrative that captures the spirit of an age when England's destiny was written on the open ocean — and where love, honour, and hatred collide in equal measure. Kingsley, a Victorian clergyman and social reformer, infuses Westward Ho! with his characteristic moral vigour and a deep reverence for England's Protestant heritage, producing a novel that is as much a passionate argument for national identity as it is a gripping yarn of derring-do. The novel's vivid prose conjures storm-lashed galleons, Inquisition dungeons, and the lush wilderness of the New World with remarkable immediacy, standing as one of the defining works of Victorian adventure literature. Its unapologetic romanticism and muscular Christianity may provoke modern readers, but its narrative power remains utterly undimmed — a reminder that the age of heroes, however flawed, casts a very long shadow indeed.
Author: Charles Kingsley
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Good
Set against the roaring backdrop of Elizabethan England and the treacherous seas of the Spanish Main, Westward Ho! chronicles the swashbuckling adventures of Amyas Leigh, a young Devon man who joins the crew of Sir Francis Drake and embarks on a perilous quest for glory, gold, and vengeance against the might of Catholic Spain. Charles Kingsley's 1855 epic weaves patriotism, romance, and high-seas drama into a breathtaking narrative that captures the spirit of an age when England's destiny was written on the open ocean — and where love, honour, and hatred collide in equal measure. Kingsley, a Victorian clergyman and social reformer, infuses Westward Ho! with his characteristic moral vigour and a deep reverence for England's Protestant heritage, producing a novel that is as much a passionate argument for national identity as it is a gripping yarn of derring-do. The novel's vivid prose conjures storm-lashed galleons, Inquisition dungeons, and the lush wilderness of the New World with remarkable immediacy, standing as one of the defining works of Victorian adventure literature. Its unapologetic romanticism and muscular Christianity may provoke modern readers, but its narrative power remains utterly undimmed — a reminder that the age of heroes, however flawed, casts a very long shadow indeed.