A young Devon man sails against the Spanish in the age of Elizabeth, from the Caribbean to the Armada. Kingsley's rousing patriotic sea adventure.
Books mentioned in Westward Ho! (19)
Arcadia by Philip Sidney: “And lucky it was, perhaps, for her that Sidney's Arcadia was still in petto, or Mr.”
The Cruelties of the Spaniards by Bartolomé de las Casas: “…window in the hall, and the translation of "Las Casas' History of the West Indies," which lay beside it, lately done into English under the title of "The Cruelties of the Spaniards."”
The Discoveries of the World by Antonio Galvão: “…many a good story of the Indies, and told it well; and over and above his stories, he had among his baggage two books,--the one Antonio Galvano's "Discoveries of the World," a mine of winter evening amusement to Amyas; and the other, a manuscript book, which, perhaps, it had been well for Amyas…”
An Apology of the Church of England by John Jewel: “that as the Bishop had written an Apology for the people of England, my father had better conjure up his ghost to write an apology for him”
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes: “…embalming in immortal verse all that it contained of noble and Christian elements, Cervantes sat, perhaps, in his dungeon, writing with his left hand Don Quixote, saddest of books, in spite of all its wit; the story of a pure and noble soul, who mistakes this actual life for that ideal one which…”
History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott: “I ask any fair reader of those two charming books, Mr. Prescott's Conquest of Mexico and his Conquest of Peru”
History of the Conquest of Peru by William H. Prescott: “I ask any fair reader of those two charming books, Mr. Prescott's Conquest of Mexico and his Conquest of Peru”
History of the West Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas: “…his Prayer-book, the old "Mort d'Arthur" of Caxton's edition, which lay in the great bay window in the hall, and the translation of "Las Casas' History of the West Indies," which lay beside it, lately done into English under the title of "The Cruelties of the Spaniards."”
The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser: “…that he who wrote the "Arcadia" was at the same time, in spite of his youth, one of the subtlest diplomatists of Europe; that the poet of the "Faerie Queene" was also the author of "The State of Ireland;" and if they shall quote against me with a sneer Lilly's "Euphues" itself, I shall only…”
King Arthur by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik: “The Legend of King Arthur, Florice and Blancheflour, Sir Ysumbras, Sir Guy of Warwick, Palamon and Arcite, and the Romaunt of the Rose, were with her text-books and canonical authorities.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton: “…is to them) the eldest of the gods, and the son of Jove and Venus, yet is reported by other equally good authorities, as Burton has set forth in his "Anatomy of Melancholy," to be after all only the child of idleness and fulness of bread.”
De Mundo by Aristotle: “…northwestward between Greenland and Labrador towards Cathay and India; of that most crafty argument of Sir Humphrey's--how Aristotle in his book "De Mundo," and Simon Gryneus in his annotations thereon, declare that the world (the Old World) is an island, compassed by that which Homer calls…”
The History of the Nine Worthies: “Leigh sat in the open window, busy at her needle-work; Ayacanora sat opposite to her, on the seat of the bay, trying diligently to read "The History of the Nine Worthies," and stealing a glance every now and then towards the garden, where Amyas stalked up and down as he had used to do in happier days gone by.”
A View of the State of Ireland by Edmund Spenser: “the poet of the “Faerie Queene” was also the author of “The State of Ireland;””
Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare: ““I know that Deformed; he has been a vile thief this seven years; he goes up and down like a gentleman: I remember his name.”--Much Ado About Nothing.”
Palamon and Arcite: “The Legend of King Arthur, Florice and Blancheflour, Sir Ysumbras, Sir Guy of Warwick, Palamon and Arcite, and the Romaunt of the Rose, were with her text-books and canonical authorities.”
The Tempest by William Shakespeare: ““Full fathom deep thy father lies; Of his bones are corals made; Those are pearls which were his eyes;”
Theologia Germanica: “that little mystic “Alt-Deutsch Theologie” (to which the great Reformer said that he owed more than to any book, save the Bible, and St. Augustine)”
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe: “Amyas sat in the old bay-window, where he had sat when he was a little tiny boy, and read “King Arthur,” and “Fox's Martyrs,” and “The Cruelties of the Spaniards.””
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The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton: “the adventurous title of “Westward Ho!” only meant that all Devonshire men wished they were living in Cornwall”