Sir Walter Raleigh: In Life and Legend

ISBN-13: 9781441112095 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 400 str.

Mark Nicholls

Opis

Sir Walter Raleigh is a figure writ large in popular imagination. Yet how can we understand this man who was soldier, voyager, visionary, courtier, politician, poet, historian, patriot and 'traitor'? This biography of one of the key figures in British history focuses on both his writing and legacy.

Recenzje

While the authors have the luxury of footnotes and the skill to do proper academic research they have the good fortune to be able to write for a general audience... An excellent biography. Contemporary Review, Volume 293, No. 1702

Spis treści

Contents Preface Abbreviations List of Maps List of Illustrations The Devon Man The Favourite Roanoke The Outcast El Dorado The Rival The Court Poet The Suspect The Traitor The Prisoner The Tower Writings i The Tracts ii. The Great History iii. The Dialogue of Counsel The Last Voyage The Martyr The Legacy An Epilogue

O autorze

Mark Nicholls is President and Librarian of St John's College, Cambridge. Honorary Fellow of New College, Oxford. Sometime Lecturer in History at the University of Oxford.