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Zusatztext Overall, Nicholls and Williams have produced an incredibly readable biography which analyzes several aspects of this enigmatic figure who paid the ultimate price for his ambitions at court. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext New biography of one of the key figures in British history focusing on both his writing and legacy. Vorwort New biography of one of the key figures in British history focusing on both his writing and legacy. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
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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
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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
