Sir Richard Grenville: The Turbulent Life and Career of the Hero of the Little "Revenge" |
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... galleons , and it closes with the picture of him crossing to Ireland to wipe out the storm - tossed remnants of those galleons . Both tasks were to some extent self - imposed , as the State Papers clearly show , and the force of ...
... galleons , and it closes with the picture of him crossing to Ireland to wipe out the storm - tossed remnants of those galleons . Both tasks were to some extent self - imposed , as the State Papers clearly show , and the force of ...
Page 207
... galleons of Spain ? Where , indeed , were the galleons of Spain ? Merci- fully for their occupants , they were out of reach of the tender hands of Richard Grenville ! CHAPTER XVIII THE GRAND SEIGNEUR While some on earnest business 207 ...
... galleons of Spain ? Where , indeed , were the galleons of Spain ? Merci- fully for their occupants , they were out of reach of the tender hands of Richard Grenville ! CHAPTER XVIII THE GRAND SEIGNEUR While some on earnest business 207 ...
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... galleons there was at least a chance that the whole English fleet might have won the day , and Grenville had every ... galleons would have crushed the English vessels into shivers . Grenville did not let the galleons close in on him to ...
... galleons there was at least a chance that the whole English fleet might have won the day , and Grenville had every ... galleons would have crushed the English vessels into shivers . Grenville did not let the galleons close in on him to ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 19 |
THE SHERIFF OF CORK | 49 |
THE GERALDINES | 57 |
Copyright | |
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