Westward Ho! (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Kingsley
- First Published: 1855
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Sixteenth century
- Setting: England and South America
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: England or English people, Sea or seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Adventure, Sixteenth century, South America or South Americans, Battles, Inquisition
- Locales: West Indies, South America, Devon, England
Characters Discussed
Amyas Leigh, a handsome blond giant, a hardy adventurer who accompanies Francis Drake around the world and Walter Raleigh to Ireland and who valiantly engages the Spanish in the Old World and the New. Struck blind by lightning during the battle against the Spanish Armada, he retires from the sea and marries Ayacanora.
Frank Leigh, his scholarly older brother, a sometime tutor and courtier. Captured by Don Guzman’s men, he refuses to accept Catholicism and is tortured and burned to death.
Sir Richard Grenvile, Amyas’ godfather, a famous...
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