Westward Ho! (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Kingsley
- First Published: 1855
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Late sixteenth century
- 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
Places Discussed
*Bideford. English town in north Devon in which the novel’s protagonist, naval hero Amyas Leigh, was born and to which he returns after each of his voyages. Bideford was an important port in southwest England during the time in which the novel is set. It slopes upward from the broad tidal river Torridge, which the town bridge, with its twenty-four arches, has spanned since the Middle Ages. The hills above the town are covered by oak woods, through which can be seen fern-fringed slate outcroppings. Below the town, the land flattens into salt marsh and sand...
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