Sir Walter Raleigh: Being a True and Vivid Account of the Life and Times of the Explorer, Soldier, Scholar, Poet, and Courtier--The Controversial Hero of the Elizabethan Age
By: Raleigh Trevelyan
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Format: 656 pages, Paperback
"Engaging and thorough . . . the best modern biography of the man. Why isn't there a great movie ab…
Want to Read $ 9.99"...Raleigh was later to write, after a duel the hangman was the one who bestowed the garland on the victor."-Raleigh Trevelyan, Sir Walter Raleigh: Being a True and Vivid Account of the Life and Times of the Explorer, Soldier, Scholar, Poet, and Courtier--The Controversial Hero of the Elizabethan Age
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