Ship of fire

Description:

In 1587, sailing to Spain on board Sir Francis Drake's ship "Elizabeth Bonaventure," seventeen-year-old surgeon's apprentice Thomas Spyre finds that, with the sudden death of his master, he must take over as ship's surgeon and prove his skill not only as a doctor but also as a fighter when he is enlisted by Drake to face battle.

subjects: Fiction,  Physicians,  Apprentices in fiction,  Apprentices,  Seafaring life in fiction,  Seafaring life,  Physicians in fiction,  Great Britain in fiction,  Drake, Francis, in fiction,  History,  Children's fiction,  Drake, francis, approximately 1540-1596, fiction,  Apprentices, fiction,  Physicians, fiction,  Great britain, history, tudors, 1485-1603, fiction

People: Francis Drake Sir (1540?-1596)

Places: Great Britain

Times: Elizabeth, 1558-1603