Ship of Fire

By Michael Cadnum

In a stunning retelling based on actual events, Ship of Fire depicts Sir Francis Drake's most famous act of daring, the raid on the Spanish port of Cadiz. When Thomas Spyre, a seventeen-year-old surgeon's apprentice is offered the chance to sail on the Elizabeth Bonaventure, Sir Francis Drake's flagship, he never dreams that his master's death in a freak accident will leave him as the ship's only doctor. Thomas is determined to prove himself as a surgeon, but now he must also face battle, when Drake himself enlists him in combat.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670899070
• ISBN13: 9780670899074
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Ship of Fire

This book was written for teenagers and up, not for preteen eyes. However it was well written and engaging to the very end. Being a historical novel we do know that one of the charcters survived this heroic mission and world changing events of the war between Spain and England.