Sir Walter Raleigh: A Biography - Couverture souple

Stebbing, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1428658238 ISBN 13 : 9781428658233

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

""Sir Walter Raleigh: A Biography"" by William Stebbing is a comprehensive account of the life and legacy of one of England's most famous explorers, courtiers, and writers. The book traces Raleigh's life from his humble beginnings in Devonshire to his rise as a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I and his eventual downfall under King James I. Stebbing delves into Raleigh's expeditions to the New World, his involvement in the colonization of Virginia, and his role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The book also explores Raleigh's literary achievements, including his poetry and his influential work ""The History of the World."" Throughout the biography, Stebbing provides a nuanced portrait of Raleigh, examining his strengths and weaknesses as a man and a leader. With its detailed research and engaging prose, ""Sir Walter Raleigh: A Biography"" offers a fascinating look at one of the most colorful figures of the Elizabethan era.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A ntiquaries, from the days of John Hooker of Exeter, the continuer of Holinshed, Sir William Pole, Anthony a Wood, and John Prince, to those of Lysons, Polwhele, Isaac Dlsraeli, Payne Collier, and Dr. Brushfield, have found boundless hunting-ground in his habits, acts, and motives. Sir John Hawles, Mr. Justice Foster, David Jardine, Lord Campbell, and Spedding have discussed the technical justice of his trials and sentences. No historian, from Camden and de Thou, to Hume, Lingard, Hallam, and Gardiner, has been able to abstain from debating his merits and demerits. From his own age to the present the fascination of his career, and at once the copiousness of information on it, and its mysteries, have attracted a multitude of commentators. His character has been repeatedly analyzed by essayists, subtle as Macvey Napier, eloquent as Charles Kingsley. There has been no more favourite theme for biographers. Since the earliest and trivial account compiled by William Winstanley in 1660, followed by the anonymous and tolerably industrious narrative attributed variously to John, Benjamin, and James, Shirley in 1677, and Lewis Theobald smeagre sketch in 1719, a dozen or more lives with larger pretensions to critical research have been printed, by William Oldys in 1736, Thomas Birch in 1751, Arthur Cayley in 1805, Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges in 1813, Mrs. A. T. Thomson in 1830, Patrick Fraser Tytler in 1833, Robert Southey in 1837, Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk in 1848, C. Whitehead in 1854, S. G. Drake, of Boston, U.S., in 1862, J. A. St. John in 1868, Edward Edwards in the same year, Mrs. Creighton in 1877, and Edmund Gosse in 1886. Almost every one of this numerous company, down even to bookmaking Winstanley the barber, has shed light, much or little, upon dark recesses.
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Sir Walter Raleigh - A biography is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1428658238
• ISBN 13: 9781428658233
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 444
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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