Sir Walter RaleighYou have lived like a star at which the world has gazed, said the judge at Sir Walter Raleigh's trial. He was fortune's tennis ball, said another contemporary, to many others he was an arrogant liar. |
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User Review - JayLivernois - LibraryThingOkay biography with some good details making the myth more human. Read full review
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User Review - HaroldTitus - LibraryThingWhat struck me most about the contents of Sir Walter Raleigh, a lengthy biography by Raleigh Trevelyan, was why a man so talented and so proactive in defending his country against all her enemies ... Read full review
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| Title | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Author | Raleigh Trevelyan |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Allen Lane, 2002 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 16 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 071399326X, 9780713993264 |
| Length | 621 pages |
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