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Product Identifiers
PublisherHolt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10080507502X
ISBN-139780805075021
eBay Product ID (ePID)18038708341
Product Key Features
Book TitleSir Walter Raleigh
Number of Pages640 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEurope / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Adventurers & Explorers, Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
Publication Year2004
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRaleigh Trevelyan
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.1 in
Item Weight36.5 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-051120
Reviews"An outstanding biography." -Paul Johnson "A stirring account of an intriguing character." - The Sunday Times Books of the Year, "An outstanding biography." -Paul Johnson "A stirring account of an intriguing character." -The Sunday Times Books of the Year
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal942.05/5/092 B
SynopsisAn enthralling new biography of the most exciting and charismatic adventurer in the history of the English-speaking world Tall, dark, handsome, and damnably proud, Sir Walter Raleigh was one of history's most romantic characters. An explorer, soldier, courtier, pirate, and poet, Raleigh risked his life by trifling with the Virgin Queen's affections. To his enemies-and there were many-he was an arrogant liar and traitor, deserving of every one of his thirteen years in the Tower of London. Regardless of means, his accomplishments are legion: he founded the first American colony, gave the Irish the potato, and defeated Spain. He was also a brilliant operator in the shark pool of Elizabethan court politics, until he married a court beauty, without Elizabeth's permission, and later challenged her capricious successor, James I. Raleigh Trevelyan has traveled to each of the principal places where Raleigh adventured-Ireland, the Azores, Roanoke Islands, and the legendary El Dorado (Orinoco)-and uncovered new insights into Raleigh's extraordinary life. New information from the Spanish archives give a freshness and immediacy to this detailed and convincing portrait of one of the most compelling figures of the Elizabethan era.
LC Classification NumberDA86.22.R2T88 2004
