Author: W. J. Dixo
Publisher: Brouwer Pre
Keywords: ralegh, walter, sir
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008-11-20
List price: $26.45
ISBN-10: 1443779369
ISBN-13: 9781443779364

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: Louise Creighton
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: ralegh, walter, sir, life
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2009-06-04
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 1110688539
ISBN-13: 9781110688531

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Kaletff) at C,ourt. BEFOEE his return from Ireland, Ealegh does not seem in any special manner to have attracted Elizabeth’s attention. We do not know how he first won her favour; but in those days it was not difficult for any young man to gain access to the court. Once there, a man’s own wit and talents alone could gain him success. When Ealegh first appeared at court, Elizabeth wa

Author: Marc Aronso
Publisher: Clarion Book
Keywords: dorado, quest, ralegh, walter, sir
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2000-04-17
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 039584827X
ISBN-13: 9780395848272

In this extraordinarily well researched and insightful biography, Marc Aronson explores the amazing accomplishments and dismal failures of one of the most flamboyant figures of the Elizabethan age. Best remembered for laying his coat in a muddy puddle so that Queen Elizabeth I could walk across it, Sir Walter Ralegh committed himself to pleasing his monarch and obtaining power in her court. He heroically risked his life in battle time and again, chasing after glory to win her favor. His notoriously ill-fated quest for the mythological golden city of El Dorado was perhaps his grandest attempt,