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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Page 416
... Henry , the Prince of Wales , to see Raleigh . Henry had been born in 1594 , so he would have been only about thirteen . He was an outstanding , brilliant boy , taciturn and withdrawn , very different in character to his father , and ...
... Henry , the Prince of Wales , to see Raleigh . Henry had been born in 1594 , so he would have been only about thirteen . He was an outstanding , brilliant boy , taciturn and withdrawn , very different in character to his father , and ...
Page 437
... Henry now had Arthur Gorges in his household , obviously very useful for Raleigh . The History , again through Henry's influence , was entered in the Stationers ' Register in April 1611. This would normally mean that publication was ...
... Henry now had Arthur Gorges in his household , obviously very useful for Raleigh . The History , again through Henry's influence , was entered in the Stationers ' Register in April 1611. This would normally mean that publication was ...
Page 438
... Henry to a daughter of the Duke of Savoy , which had been proposed towards the end of March 1611. ' There had been a previous suggestion that Princess Elizabeth should marry Don Filiberto , second son of the Duke . Raleigh had already ...
... Henry to a daughter of the Duke of Savoy , which had been proposed towards the end of March 1611. ' There had been a previous suggestion that Princess Elizabeth should marry Don Filiberto , second son of the Duke . Raleigh had already ...
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