TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beer,Anna R.
TI  - Patriot or traitor: the life and death of Sir Walter Ralegh 
SN  - 9781786074348 (hbk.) :
AV  - DA358 
U1  - 920 RAL 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Oneworld
KW  - Raleigh,
KW  - Explorers
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Biography
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - History
KW  - Elizabeth, 1558-1603
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Sir Walter Ralegh lived more lives than most people of his own time, of any time. Prone to periods of extreme melancholy alternating with extreme activity, here was a liar who sometimes believed his own lies. Always driven, he was consumed with wonder as he paddled a canoe up the Orinoco. Ralegh was a man who pored over maps, asked dangerous questions of the world around him, and loved silk stockings. He had a hunger for life, a longing for death and a passion for words. Sir Walter Ralegh's life is romantic, irresistible and of central importance to early modern history. His death is a convoluted and contested tale of bargaining, failure, and betrayal. Through the Elizabethan golden age and Ralegh's famous adventures to the final act, Anna Beer presents his stranger-than-fiction life in all its richness
ER  -